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PEEPARATORY PROCEEDINGS. 



At the close of preparatory lecture, July 3, 1874, the propriety and 
expediency of a centenuial celebration of the church were considered. 
It was voted, unanimously, to commemorate the one hundredth anni- 
versary of the organization of the church with appropriate services, and 
a committee of arrangements were appointed to whom the matter was 
intrusted. 

At a meeting the next day, and at subsequent meetings, the committee 
fixed upon the 20th of October, 1874, for the celebration. They invited 
Quincy Blakely to prepare a historical discourse, Joseph Cook to give a 
historical sketch of the Sabbath School, Selden C. Willey to give a his- 
torical sketch of the Sacred Music Society, and William G. Brown to 
give some account of the several deacons of the church. Joseph Cook 
was designated for president of the day. 

The committee, without unnecessary delay, issued the following cir- 
cular, which was sent to all absent and former members of the church, 
so far as their post-office address could be ascertained, to several clergy- 
men in the vicinity, and to the Baptist and Freewill Baptist Churches in 
town. 

" CENTENOTAL. 

" The Congregational Church in Campton, N. H., proposes to celebrate 
the one hundredth anniversary of its organization Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1874. 
Public services in the meeting-house, commencing at 10 o'clock, A. M. 

" You are cordially invited to be present and participate in these com- 
memorative exercises. 

"QUmCY BLAKELY, 
"JOSEPH COOK, 
"WILLIAM G. BROWN, 
" ERASTUS DOLE, 
"THOMAS S. PULSIFER, 
"CHRISTOPHER M. BARTLETT, 
"MOSES C. DOLE, 

" Committee of Arrangements. 
"Campton, N. H,, Sept. 7, 1874." 

The interior of the meeting-house was tastefully decorated with ever- 
greens, cut flowers, and mottoes. On the wall in the rear of the pulpit 
was a large, heavily-wrought cross of evergreen, over which was the 



4 PREPARATORY PROCEEDINGS. 

name of the first pastor, "Church," with the date, "1774." On the left 
were the names, " Chapin," "Webber," "Brown," "Hale"; on the 
right, " Stone," " Beach," " Shedd," "Hadley"; directly under the cross 
the name, " Blakely," with the date, "1874"; over the whole in a half 
circle, " Our Pastors"; underneath the whole, in one line, "God is our 
strength in all generations." On the front of the gallery was, " Praise 
God in his sanctuary." These names and mottoes were all in evergreen, 
evergreen festoons on the walls of the house, with hoops of evergreen 
hung in the inverted arches. Bouquets of cut flowers were placed on 
the table in front of the pulpit. 



PROCEEDINGS AT THE CELEBRATION, 

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1874. 



It was a bright, mild, lovely day. Long before the hour for the exer- 
cises to commence had arrived the people began to assemble on the meet- 
ing-house green. Old friends, long separated, met and exchanged hearty 
greetings, recognizing often under the bowed form and gray hairs of age 
the bright, buoyant associate of years long since gone by. The young 
and some in middle life now for the first time became acquainted with 
some who had in former years been active in the service of Christ and in 
the maintenance of the institutions of religion here, and who had come 
back from their now distant homes to join in the festivities of this Cen- 
tennial Celebration. A feeling of gladness seemed to pervade the hearts 
of all, from the octogenarian down to the child of two 3'^ears. 

When the bell struck for 10 o'clock, the cheerful chatting about things 
of former days ceased and the people assembled in the sanctuary. They 
were called to order by the president of the day, Joseph Cook, who in 
fitting terms bade them a joyful welcome, and announced in general the 
order of exercises, naming those who had been invited to prepare 
special papers for the occasion, and stating that he had invited Charles 
Cutter to perform the service asked of himself, viz. to prepare a histor- 
ical sketch of the Sabbath School. 

The exercises commenced with singing "Before Jehovah's awful 
throne " to the tune " Denmark." Rev. Dr. N. Bouton, of Concord, read 
Ps. 78 : 1-7, Eph. 4 : 1-13 and 3 : 20-21. The 136th Psalm was read re- 
sponsively, the pastor reading the first part of each verse and the congre- 
gation the last part, — " For his mercy endureth forever." Prayer by Rev. 
J. B. Hadley, a former pastor of the church. The 78th Psalm, " Let 
children hear the mighty deeds," was sung. Then followed the his- 
torical discourse by the pastor, during a pause in which a hymn was 
sung. A paper on the Deacons of the Church was presented by Dea. 
Brown; a historical sketch of the Sacred Music Society, by S. C. Willey, 
Esq.; a historical sketch of the Sabbath School, by Charles Cutter, Esq. 
After singing the doxology, J. Sharp, " Praise God from whom all bless- 
ings flow," the congregation took a recess for an hour, during which time 
they repaired to the Town Hall and partook of a bountiful collation, after 
a blessing had been invoked by Rev. F. W. Tolman, of the Baptist Church, 
Campton Village. After dinner, exercises were resumed in the meeting- 
house. Prayer was offered by Rev. William R. Jewett, sketches of piety 



6 PROCEEDINGS AT THE CELEBRATION. 

and several letters from absent ones, were read, and short addresses made 
by Rev. Messrs. J. B. Hadley, N. Bouton, D. D., of Concord, William R. 
Jewett, of Fisherville, and Isaac "Willey, of Pembroke, and Dea. Diadate 
Willey and David Bartlett, Esq. 

The singing for the occasion was by the choir, led by J. C. Blair, with 
Warren Tucker and Gardiner Little as organists. Besides the pieces 
already named there were sung the 33d hymn, "The promises I sing," 
to the tune "Lenox;" "Antioch," "Confidence," "Concord," and 
" Northfield." 

On motion of David Bartlett, seconded by Rev. Isaac Willey, voted to 
adjourn one hundred years for the celebration of the two hundredth 
anniversary of the organization of the church. 

The closing prayer was by Dr. Bouton; benediction by Rev. Isaac 
Willey, after which the assembly dispersed with evident satisfaction and 
delight, feeling it was good to have been there, and that the celebration 
had in every particular met their most sanguine expectations. 



HISTORICAL DISCOURSE. 



It is pleasant, from our standpoint, to look back along the track of 
time to the organization of this church, whose one hundredth anniversary 
we this day celebrate, and note its history, speak of its achievements in 
the great work of the Master, its trials, its conflicts, its victories. For 
one hundred years has God had a people here. From Sabbath to Sab- 
bath, and from time to time, have they assembled for his worship. These 
valleys and hills round about us have been made vocal with praise to our 
God and to our fathers' God. While one generation of believers after 
another have passed on into the spirit world, others have arisen to take 
their places and to enter into their work. And to-day the candle of the 
Lord is burning here; and may it please God to continue it through each 
succeeding generation, until generations shall be no more. 

Frequently during the century have men and women stood up here, 
before God and angels, and publicly professed faith in Christ as their 
Saviour, and have entered into solemn covenant with God and his 
people. All the original members and many of their successors are to- 
day, we trust, singing the song of Moses and the Lamb in the kingdom 
of Heaven. 

Isaac Fox and Winthrop Fox were the first to settle in Carapton. Tra- 
dition fixes, with a good degree of probability, the date of their settle- 
ment in the spring of 1702. The town was originally granted to Gen- 
Jabez Spencer, of East Haddam, Conn., in the year 1761; but he died 
before the needful settlements were efiected, and the title became invalid. 
A new charter was secured in 1767. The early settlers were from the 
southern part of Connecticut, near the mouth of the river by that name, 
and from the eastern part of Massachusetts, in the vicinity of Newbury- 
port, including a few of the towns in the southern part of this State. 
They were men of true Puritan stamp, holding in high estimation the 
Bible and Christian institutions and schools of learning; hence, we find 
them at once making earnest efforts to secure these privileges for them- 
selves and their posterity. Nathaniel Emmons — afterwards the cele- 
brated Dr. Emmons — was the first candidate for settlement in the 
ministry here, and for a time it seemed probable that he would become 
the pastor of this people. But God had another field for him. The Con- 
gregational Church in Campton was organized June 1, 1774, in the 
dwelling-house of Nathaniel Tupper. Probably, said house was a log- 



8 HISTOEICAL DISCOUESE. 

house, standing near where the one recently occupied by John Hanaford 
stands, and which is now being torn down. We know not who, nor how 
many, constituted the church at its organization. No records of the 
church previous to 1800 are known to be in existence. It is quite prob- 
able that some, at least, of the original members were members of 
churches elsewhere before they came here. The membership must have 
been very small at the beginning, as the whole population of the town at 
that time could not have greatly exceeded one hundred and fifty. 

In those days there was no ecclesiastical Society, as now, to provide 
for the support of gospel institutions, but the town, in its corporate 
capacity, made such provision just as they would provide for the support 
of schools. At a legal town-meeting at the house of Col. Joseph 
Spencer, on Thursday, the seventh day of January, 1773, — 

" Voted, Secondly, to Choose a Committee to procure a minister to 
preach the Next Summer. Voted, Ebenezer Taylor, Joseph Palmer, 
Samuel Cook, Be Chosen Said Committee. Voted, the Said Committee 
Have power to apply to any person or persons to provide a minister to 
preach in Said town three months the Next Summer, and to provide any 
Necessaries for Said Minister at the Cost of the Town." 

This is the earliest town record on the subject we find, although it is 
probable they took action earlier than this. Several leaves from the first 
of the record book are missing. No report of the action of this committee 
is on record in the town book. Sept. 7, 1773, the town chose Benjamin 
Hickcox, Samuel Holmes, and JosejA Spencer a town committee to pro- 
cure a minister to preach on probation for settlement, and defray all 
necessary charges. At a town meeting, Nov. 15, 1773, — 

" Voted, that Capt. Benjamin Hickcox, as Being one of the Committee 
for the Town, Should procure, if May Be, a Minister to preach with us 
Next Summer, have him come at May, 1774." 

It would seem that this committee negotiated with Mr. Selden Church, 
and made report. For at the annual town-meeting March 15, 1774, it 
was — 

" Voted, that the Committee Shall apply to Mr Selden Church accord- 
ing to his proposals to preach two months with us. Voted, to Meet at 
the House of Col. Spencer, in Campton, the year Ensuing, for the purpose 
of public worship." 

It appears that an arrangement was made with Mr. Church to preach 
two months, and that his labors were acceptable to the people. In the 
selectmen's warrant for toAvn-meeting, to be holden May 26, 1774, we 
find, — 

" Then and there, after a Moderator is chosen, to act on the following 
particulars: 1st. To See what Method the Town will come into and 
Defray tlie Charges which have arisen or May arise from Mr Church's 
preaching in Said Town. 2d. To See if the Town will Come into Some 
Method To Settle a Gospel Minister. 3d. To See if the town will Give 
Mr. Selden Church a Call for Settlement in Said town, and Choose a 



HISTORICAL DISCOUESE. 9 

Committee to treat with him as they Shall Receive orders from Said 
Town." 

At this meeting, May 26, 1774, it was voted to raise eleven pounds, ten 
shillings, lawful money, a year for six years, and then to rise five pounds 
a year until it shall amount to seventy pounds, lawful money, which three 
ounces of silver amounts to one pound lawful money and is equally the 
same, for the salary and support of any minister that may appear to 
settle with us. Voted, to raise on grant one hundred and five pounds 
lawful money's worth in labor and provision at cash price for the settle- 
ment of a minister, to be paid in four years, one fourth part annually. 
Voted, Messrs. Benjamin Hickcox, David Perkins, and Joseph Spencer 
be chosen a committee to treat with Mr. Selden Church with regard to 
his settlement. Voted, Samuel Holmes, John Southmayd, and Gershom 
Burbank be chosen a committee to notes or bonds which are granted by 
the propriety for the support of a gospel minister in Campton, also to 
give sufficient bonds to the town to be left in the hands of the town 
treasurer. This committee were jointly and severally to come under 
bonds of five hundred pounds lawful money for surety to the town, — a 
careful provision against loss, surely. This action of the town doubtless 
had special reference to Mr. Church, although it was not restricted to 
him. The provision made was for the salary or yearly support of the 
minister, whoever he might be. We find, also, the following record, 
which may serve to explain what was meant by " settlement " in connec- 
tion with salary: — 

" Voted, that whereas the propriety of the town of Campton did, at a 
legal meeting of the propi-ietors on the 26th day of May, 1774, held at 
Campton aforesaid, vote and grant the sum of four pounds lawful money 
on each whole right, or proprietor's share of land towards the supporting 
of a gospel minister or ministers in said town, to be raised and applied 
in the manner and in the time therein mentioned; therefore, voted, that 
we acknowledge and receive the same as a full and complete satisfaction 
on the part and behalf of the propriety and lands in said Campton, 
towards settling and supporting a minister or ministers in said town, and 
also in consideration of said grant and vote acknowledge the proprietors 
and lands in said town to be free and clear from all and such like charges 
forever hereafter." 

Having made provision for the temporal support of a minister, the 
town at once adopted measures to induct one into the pastoral office. 
At a legal town-meeting, at the house of Joseph Spencer, held on the 
29th of August, 1774, — 

" Voted, to give Mr. Selden Church a call for settlement in this place. 

" Voted, that whereas, we agree that the ministerial office is of divine 
institution, for the Edifying and guiding of his church, and to continue to 
the end of the world; and they who are called to this office ought to be 
endowed with competent learning, ministerial gifts, as also with the grace 
of God, sound in iudgmeut, not a novice in the faith and knowledge o 



10 HISTORICAL DISCOURSE. 

the gospel, without scandal, of a holy couversation, and such as devote 
themselves to the nork and service thereof; being thus agreed in tlie 
internal qualifications and outward acquirements of Mr. Selden Church, 
we hereby vote and call him to the pastoral charge of this town and con- 
gregation here, so long as he shall continue in the faith and order of the 
Gospel." 
Then follows Mr. Church's i-eply: — 

" Campton, Aug. 29, 1774. 

"To THE Church akd Society in Campton: 

^'■Brethren and Friends, — Having received your call to Settle with you 
in the work of the Ministry, I have taken the same into serious consid- 
eration; have Consulted and advised with my Friends, and I hope looked 
to God for Direction in this important alfair. Considering the Great and 
Remarkable Union that appears in my favor, and Considering the pros- 
pect that arises from this and from Some other things, that I may Be a 
useful though an unworthy instrument in God's hands, of advancing the 
Redeemer's kingdom among you, by Doing good to Souls in this place: 
considering these things, I say, your Call appears to Be the Call of prov- 
idence, and as such I can but think it my Duty to accept of it; and would 
hereby Signify my willingness to Devote My Self to your Service in the 
work of the Gospel Ministry. I trust you are not insensible that my use- 
fulness among you, and our mutual comfort and Happiness in this 
relation, will depend, next to God's Blessing, on maintaiuing and In- 
creasing that Union and love that Now appears, and on your and my own 
Mutual atlection and Suitable work toward each other. I am Sensible 
that I am greatly insufficient for so important an Undertaking. I hope 
I Shall Engage in the Strength of Christ that is made perfect in weak- 
ness; for this purpose I Desire your prayers that I may have grace given 
me to walk as becomes the relation; that 1 may make it my Study to 
Show myself approved unto God, rightly Dividing the word of truth, and 
that I may so take heed to My Self and Doctrine and Continue in them, 
that in doing this I may both Save my Self and those that hear me. 

"SELDEN CHURCH." 

At this same meeting it was also, — 

" Voted, to give Mr. Selden Church the cutting and hauling of thirty 
cords of wood yearly; which is to be cut about eight feet long, providing 
he shall find the same. This is done exclusive of his other salary, so long 
as he shall continue to be our minister." 

The salary of Mr. Church, in the commencement of his ministry here, 
was seventy -six pounds and five shillings lawful money, and the cutting 
and hauling of thirty cords of wood. It should be remembered that the 
pound spoken of in the early history of the town was twenty shillings, 
and six shillings was equal to a dollar. A pound lawful money was equiv- 
alent to S3.33i. Mr. Church's salary was, therefore, equal to $254,161, 



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besides the cutting and drawing of thirty cords of wood. The time of 
payment fixed upon was the first day of October, annually, for the " set- 
tlement," and the first day of November, annually, for that part of the 
salary which was to be paid by the town. The meeting at which was 
voted a call to ^Mr. Church was adjourned to the tenth day of October, 
1774, at which time the town voted, " that the inhabitants make a general 
entertainment for the ordination on free cost." Darius Willey, David 
Perkins, and Ebenezer Taylor were chosen a committee of arrangements. 
Also, voted, " that the rum and sweetening necessarily expended for the 
ordination shall be provided at the town's cost, and be equaled on the 
levy and collected by a rate in money as soon as may be." The town 
records give no account of the ordination services, nor of the fact of the 
ordination. But the manuscript sermon preached at the ordination is in 
the possession of Mrs. Ward, of Plymouth, a daughter of Mr. Church. 
The title-page is as follows: — 

"A Sermon preached at the Ordination of the Revd. Mr. Selden 
Church to the Work and oflice of the Gospel Ministry in the Church and 
Town of Campton, Oct. 20, 1774. By Enoch Huntington, A. M., and 
Pastor of the first Church of Christ in Middletown. ' Arise, shine, for 
thy Light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.' Isaiah 
60 : 1." 

The text is Isaiah .S5 : 1, 2, — " The wilderness and the solitary place 
shall be glad for them," etc. It is a sound and an appropriate sermon, 
written in a round, legible hand, and closes with " Amen, Finis." It is 
probable that the ordination services were at the house of Joseph Spen- 
cer, where the public worship on the Sabbath had been held during the 
summer. 

The town, having settled a minister, proceed at once to secure a 
meeting-house. Dec. 5, 1774, the town " Voted to build a meeting-house 
35 feet wide and 45 feet long." "Voted, to raise 65 pounds lawful 
money on the levy, or a rate to be taken 1775, in order to build said 
house." " Voted, Nathaniel Tupper, John Holmes, Daniel Wyatt, be 
chosen a committee to take the care and concern of building said house, 
that it be done prudently." This committee were instructed by the town 
to give the inhnbitants a proper and reasonable opportunity to pay their 
rates for building the meeting-house in labor. At the same meeting it 
was voted, "That we hereby agree that the place now pitched upon for 
the meeting-house to stand is upon the hill north of Mr. Joseph Pulsi- 
fer's, and north of the saw-mill road, on the main road through the 
town, in the most convenient place as shall be agreed upon by the said 
committee appointed for building the same." This vote was made void 
a few months later and three " reputable " men from out of town, " Col. 
David Ilobart, Dea. John Willibj^, and Mr. William Thornton, were 
chosen a committee to locate the house"; and a town committee of 
three were appointed to " represent, treat with, wait upon and entertain 
this locating committee, all at the cost of the town." This committee 



12 HISTORICAL DISCOURSE. 

fixed upon the same place, or very nearly the same as that named by the 
previous committee, and it was accepted by vote of town March 21, 1775. 
At a meeting a week later the town voted to raise four pounds, ten shil- 
lings, lawful money, — about S15, — to purchase one acre and a half of 
land to set the meeting-house on. Nothing further, in this matter, 
seems to have been done, except to reconsider these votes, until Sep- 
tember, 1775, when it was voted " that the spot for the meeting-house is 
agreed upon and pitched in the first original place that was agreed upon 
Dec. 5, 1774, which is on the hill north of Joseph Pulsifer's, north of the 
saw-mill road, on the main road leading through the town, on the farm 
of Col. Joseph Spencer." This place thus described must be on the hill 
back of this house in which we are now assembled and not many rods 
from it. But it does not appear that a meeting-house was built upon this 
spot or anything done in the matter other than to clear the land. All 
action by the town towards securing a meeting-house seems to have 
been suspended until Aug. 30, 1779, when they appointed Moses Baker, 
John Holmes, and Daniel Wyatt a committee to agree with Joseph Pul- 
sifer for his dwelling-house for the use of the town. At an adjourned 
meeting, Sept. 13, 1779, it was voted to purchase Joseph Pulsifer's 
dwelling-house for the use of the town as agreed by the committee. 
This house stood a few rods northeast from where Geoi-ge H. Little now 
lives. The necessary changes were made therein, and now, more than 
five years after the organization of the church, they had for the first 
time a meeting-house, which was also used for town-meetings. This 
delay to secure a meeting-house was doubtless more on account of the 
disturbed condition of national afiairs than for any lack of interest in 
gospel institutions among the people here. We must remember that 
during these years we, as a nation, were engaged in settling a somewhat 
serious difliculty with the mother country, which demanded the attention 
of all classes. And there seems also to have been at this time a feeling 
among those who resided on the west side of the Peraigewasset River that 
their convenience would not be met should the meeting-house be located 
on the spot which had been designated by the committee and accepted by 
the town. As early as 1775 the town voted " that the inhabitants on the 
east side of the Pemigewasset River have liberty to pitch, agree upon, 
and establish the place for the meeting-house of public worship, allowing 
the inhabitants on the west side of said river, in said town, to form 
themselves into a distinct parish, separate from the east side, when they 
shall think proper; and be paid back, when they so form themselves into 
such a parish, all the money they may or shall expend towards building 
the meeting-house on the east side of the aforesaid river, and also such 
part of, or their proportion of, the said money voted by the proprietors of 
Campton towards the support of the gospel in said town, as may appear 
to remain due from the proprietary agreeable to the vote of the proprie- 
tors, at the time the said west side so form into a parish." And in Jan- 
uary, 1777, it was voted to establish a ferry over the river near where the 



HISTORICAL DISCOUESE. 13 

Blair Bridge is now, thus enabling those living on the west side the more 
conveniently to get to meeting, which was on the east side for several 
years. It appears that the inhabitants on the west side of the river were 
not entirely satisfied to have the meetings for public worship all on the 
east side. At the March meeting, 1786, it was voted "that the meetings 
shall be held for the present year on the west side of the river, at Mr. 
Samuel Cook's, one Sabbath in three, beginning on the east side." Mr. 
Cook lived near where Messrs. Bickford and Blaisdell now live. The 
meetings on the east side two thirds of the Sabbaths — as well as the 
town-meetings — were at the meeting-house. At the next annual town- 
meeting, March, 1787, a similar vote was passed, — public worship one 
third of the Sabbaths on the west side and two thirds on the east side. 
It appears that the meeting-house was then becoming unfit for public wor- 
ship as well as its location objectionable. In the warrant for town-meet- 
ing to be held in the meeting-house January, 1788, we find, — 

" 2. To see if the town will agree upon a spot of ground where to set 
a meetiug-house. 3. To see what the town will do in regard to building 
a meeting-house." 

At this meeting it was voted, " to set a meeting-house as nigh Mr. Isaac 
Fox's dwelling-house as the land will admit." Mr. Fox lived near where 
the tomb is now, near enough to the river, in the time of a freshet, to 
have his corn, which he had spread on his kitchen floor, in the ear, to 
dry, washed into the cellar through a trap-door which the water had 
opened. This vote was not carried out. At the March meeting the same 
year, 1788, " Voted, that the selectmen rei^air the meeting-house on the 
town's cost." It is not certain that the house was repaired, probably 
not. Three years later, April 14, 1791, the town voted " that public 
worship be held at the house of Mr. Isaac Fox for the future." Also, 
" Voted, that Moody Cook, Abel Willey, and John Southmayd be a com- 
mittee to agree with Nathaniel Tupper, in exchange of houses to hold 
public worship in." In May following, the town voted to move the 
meeting-house on to the top of the hill east of Isaac Fox's dwelling-house. 
It appears that this vote was carried out, and the place to which the 
meeting-house was moved was several rods south of what is now the 
main entrance to the town cemetery. This settled the meeting-house 
question for about five years, during which time public worship and town- 
meetings were held in the meeting-house thus located; and by means 
of the ferry over the river near by, the people living on the west side of 
the river were tolerably well accommodated. After this, we find that the 
town-meetings were held at the Clothier's house, so called, which stood 
on the west of the Pemigewasset near the present bridge at Livermore 
Falls. An article in the warrant for town-meeting, to be held March 15, 
1796, reads, '-To see what the town will do with regard to building a 
meetiug-house or houses." At this meeting it was " Voted, to build two 
meeting-houses, one on each side of the river, as shall be most con- 
venient, and board and shingle the same; and the rest be done by the 



14 HISTORICAL DISCOURSE. 

pews." This vote was reconsidered the 11th of April following. At a 
town-meeting March 20, 1798, the meeting-house was sold, at vendue, to 
Nathaniel Tupper, for ^20. For a time public worship was held in 
private houses again. 

Mr. Church's ministry with this people continued some eighteen years. 
He was dismissed in 1791, but continued to supply the pulpit for some 
time after. At a town-meeting, Oct. 15, 1792, it was voted to re-settle 
him in the gospel ministry, and Abel Willey, Samuel Holmes, Moody 
Cook, and Ebenezer Bartlett, Jr., wei-e chosen a committee to give Mr. 
Church a call. But it does not appear that he accepted this call, although 
he remained in town until as late as 1795, and preached more or less or 
the time. This was the last effort on the part of the town to settle a 
minister. He is spoken of as a learned and godly man, sound in the 
faith, and a useful minister. His influence for good has been felt all 
through the century, and its force will not be spent, we trust, for cen- 
turies yet to come. He laid the foundation broad and deep; he carefully 
watched the workings of the Holy Spirit; was earnest to guard against 
any influence calculated to drive the Spirit away. It is said of him that 
at one time, when there were some indications of the Spirit's special pres- 
ence here, — already working with power in Hebron, — on the morning of 
training-day he kindly remarked to a young man that he hoped nothing 
would be done that day to grieve the Spirit away. The remark was as 
an arrow from the quiver of God to the young man's heart. He cai-ried 
his gun and knapsack all day; but he was, meanwhile, greatly exercised 
for his soul's salvation. He soon after became a Christian, and in after 
years, and nntil his death in 1844, a beloved and honored deacon of the 
Church; and his posterity down to the fourth generation are living 
Christian lives to-day. 

Mr. Church's labors must have been arduous, coming here, as he did, 
a young, unmarried man, when the country was new, and probably not 
more than thirty families in town, and they scattered over quite a terri- 
tory, which was divided by a bridgeless river. The deprivations to which 
he was subject were such as are usually incident to new settlements, and 
largely increased in consequence of the protracted War of the Revolution. 
During the first five years of his ministry here there was public worship in 
private dwellings. He remained unmarried until Oct. 14, 1779, when he 
married Miss Mary Baker. When the fact became generally known, the 
house-warming that followed was an occasion greatly enjoyed by the peo- 
ple, some pleasing reminiscences of which are related to-day. Mr. Church 
lived in a gambrel-roofed house where Dea. Brown's house now stands. 
Some of the people living at a great distance from the place of public 
worship, and who came to meeting either on foot or with ox-teams, were 
wont to think that his sermons would have been improved if they had 
been shortened, — no complaint with regard to the matter of them; it 
was to their length that objection was made. Some of the people once 
agreed that if he did not close by a special time they would take their 



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hats and start for home; and they did. This is not so bad as a story told 
of a preacher in ancient times, before church clocks were in fashion, and 
when they measured time by the hour-glass: "He had exhausted his 
sand-glass, turned it, and gone tlirough three fourths of another running; 
the congregation had nearly all retired, and the clerk, tired out, audibly 
asked his reverend superior to lock up the church and put the key under 
the door, when the sermon was done, as he (the clerk) and the few 
remaining auditors were going away." 

Mr. Church must have been a man of sterling character, endowed Avith 
wisdom, and an earnest worker, to have been so successful through so 
long a pastorate amid such ditSculties as he had to encounter. In 1795 
he published a little work entitled " A Pocket-Mirror for Self-PLxcusers," 
au excellent book; it ought to be reprinted. Selden Church was born iu 
East Iladdam, Conn., Apr. 13, 1744; graduated at Yale College, 17G5; 
studied theology with Rev. Enoch Huntington, of Middletown, Conn.; 
ordained in Campton, Oct. 26, 1774; dismissed, 1791; died in Northum- 
berland, July 14, 1802. 

After Mr. Church left town, there was no stated minister with this peo- 
ple until 1800. But during this period the people met regularly on the 
Sabbath for public worship, in meetings conducted by the deacons when no 
minister could be procured, and were fully attended. At this time, Dea. 
Evans, of Hebron, a godly and devoted man, occasionally came and 
visited from house to house, and assisted iu conducting the meetings. 
1 hey had no meeting-house and were without a pastor. About this time 
many of the families residing on the west side of the Pemigewasset River 
commenced going to Plymouth for their church privileges, and continued 
thus to do until the year 1824, when a meeting-house was built on the 
west side of the river. 

In 1798 the church began preparations for building a meeting-house. 
The frame was put up in 1799; the house was finished in 1802. It cost 
$2,000. It stood in front of the old burying-ground, near the store now 
occupied by C. W. Cook. It had square pews, high galleries extending 
round on three sides, a high pulpit, a sounding-board above, and deacons' 
seats in front, facing the audience. The last Sabbath service iu this 
house was Oct. 10, 1858. The house stood unoccupied, a relic of the past, 
until 1864, when the proprietors sold it at auction to G. W. Keniston, for 
§105. It was taken down in 1860, and the timber used in the construc- 
tion of Cook's Hall, Plymouth. Peletiah Chapin was the first to preach 
in this house. He commenced his ministry here in 1800. He came from 
Newport here. He refused to be installed pastor, saying that he was like 
his horse, sure to break loose if he were tied, but would stand untied any 
length of time. He was a man of ability, a forcible and impressive 
preacher, but somewhat eccentric. In 1805 Mr. Chapin declared his 
dissent froiu the Congregational Church, and united with a Baptist 
Church in a neighboring town. Such was his influence that about one 
third of the members of tlie church gradually came into sympathy with 



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him. He declined the invitation to continue his ministry in the parish. 
He held a separate meeting in town, which was attended by those who 
were in sympathy with him. There was some bitterness of feeling 
engendered. Many of those who sympathized with him were owners in 
the then new meeting-house, and claimed the privilege of occupying it a 
portion of the time. This claim was respected, and they occupied the 
meeting-house a part of the time, while the church held meetings in the 
school-house. After a while the Congregationalists purchased of those 
who avowed Baptist sentiments their interest in the meeting-house, and 
thus became sole owners of the house. The church was very much 
weakened by so many valuable members going off, but still held on and 
faithfully maintained the institutions of religion. 

It appears that the confession of faith and covenant were revised about 
the commencement of Mr. Chapin's ministry. This creed is short and 
evangelical. This minute is found in the church records, immediately 
following the confession and covenant: " Apr. 13, 1800. Nathaniel Tup- 
per and his wife, Jonathan Burbank and his wife, David Bartlett, Josiah 
Blaisdell, and Deborah Willey consented to the above confession, Rev. 
Noah Worcester being present; afterward Dea. William Baker and his 
wife and Dea. Wyatt did the same. May 25, Peletiuh Chapin and Joshua 
Rogers did own the same confession with the above." How long these 
individuals may have been members of the church, or how many of them, 
if any, were among the original members, we know not, neither do we 
know who had died or been dismissed previous to 1800. During the year 
1800 Mary Willey, Sarah Cook, Moses Baker, Isaac Fox, Deborah Baker 
Joanna Bartlett, and Abigail Noyes were added to the church. In 1801 
and 1802 Sarah Rogers, David Wooster, Ruth Southmayd, Olive Dur- 
gin, James Burbeck, and wife, Joseph Burbeck, Isaac Fox, 2d, Sarah 
Whitney, Tristram Bartlett, Abigail Pulsifer, and Martha Palmer were 
received into the church. From 1802 to 1807 the church records are very 
meagre, except the names of twenty-three children and the dates of their 
baptism. Rev. Daniel Staniford followed Mr. Chapin in the ministry 
here and continued a little over a year. He was not installed. The first 
record of his service was September, 1806, and the last, November, 1807. 
During this time the church adopted a new creed and covenant very 
much longer than those adopted in 1800, though perhaps no more ortho- 
dox, unless length is a feature of orthodoxy. The confession in 1800 
expresses belief in inspiration; one God, the Creator; the doctrine of the 
Trinity; man's original righteousness; his fall; the depravity and entire 
ruin of the race; the atonement of Christ; the necessity of regeneration 
in order to salvation; in the resurrection, judgment, and life everlasting, 
either in happiness or misery. The confession adopted in 1807 is very 
much fuller, especially in its enumeration of the attributes of God. Mr. 
Staniford is spoken of as a man in feeble health, of considerable culture, 
an earnest worker. His labors were valuable iu establishing the minds 
of the people in the doctrines of the Bible, and in giving stability to the 



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church. He was a graduate of Harvard College in 1772. He was unmar- 
ried; born in Ipswich. After he left Camptou lived in Sandown, where 
he died. For two years after Mr. Staniford closed his labors here the 
church was without stated preaching, but meetings were regularly held 
on the Sabbath, at which sermons were read. During this period, and 
at other times when the church had no minister, the ordinances of bap- 
tism and the Lord's Supper were administered by neighboring ministers. 
The name of Mr. Fairbank is of frequent occurrence in connection with 
such service. Rev. Messrs. Hovey, Worcester, Rankin, Sewall, Smith, 
and Spofford are also mentioned as performing these rites. 

Dr. Kitridge, formerly a practising physician, supplied the pulpit a 
year, 1810. He was father of the late Judge Kitridge. He was paid, in 
part at least, in grain, and came from Canterbury for it with a two-horse 
team. 

In February, 1812, Rev. John Webber, brother of President Webber 
of Harvard College, a native of Rowley or Byfield, Mass., a graduate of 
Dartmouth College in 1792, was installed pastor of this church. The day 
of the month is not recorded, nor are the doings of the council. It is 
remembered by some of the old people that the day was a bitter cold one, 
that the Rev. Ethan Smith of Hopkinton preached the installation ser- 
mon from the text, '" Ye are the light of the world," and that Rev. Messrs. 
Carpenter, Fairbank, and Rolfe had parts in the services. Mr. Webber 
was regarded as a man well informed, a clear and forcible preacher. It 
is said that " a large proportion of his preaching pertained to the Abra- 
hamic covenant, with frequent thrusts at the close communion system." 
He was not a very popular minister. After a pastorate of about three 
years he was, by advice of council, dismissed March 23, 1815. The record 
is, " After many conferences of the church with Mr. Webber, the pastor, 
from December, 1814, to the above date, March 15, 1815, respecting exist- 
ing difficulties, the church and pastor then agreed to invite the pastors 
and delegates from our sister churches, Groton and Plymouth, to attend 
with us as an advisory council." The council was composed of Rev 
William Rolfe and Dea. Isaac Cheney, of Groton, Rev. Drury Fairbank 
and Dea. Asa Robbins, of Plymouth. After a full hearing they say in 
their '"result," "There appeared no charges of the nature of moral evil 
or heresy alleged, either by the pastor or the church, against each other. 
But the council are of the opinion that the pastor has occasionally indulged 
himself in imprudent expressions, such as have tended to alienate the affec- 
tions of the church and society towards him, and do not accord with the 
Scriptural caution to ministers, ' that they be harmless as doves.' We do 
not think that on the part of the church there has been that Christian faith- 
fulness towards their pastor that would be desirable and which so happily 
tends to cement the union between pastor and church. On the whole, 
taking all circumstances into view, the smallness of support afforded the 
pastor, the little prospect of increase, and the hope that a separation may 
open the door for the church and society to be united in the speedy 
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re-settlement of the gospel ministry among them, the council are unan- 
imously agreed that it is expedient that the pastoral relation between the 
Eev. John Webber and the church in Carapton be dissolved. And it is 
hereby dissolved," Mr. IVebber went from here to Ohio, -where he 
labored much as a missionary. Died at Carlisle, Ohio, Oct. 9, 1852. 

The spiritual prospects of the church were now very dark. They were 
without a pastor, fevf in number, only six resident male members, and 
they somewhat advanced in life. There was much to discourage them. 
The young, of whom there were many in town, were given to worldly 
pleasures. But the Lord was better unto them than their fears; He is 
able to save by few or many. It is often the darkest just before day. In 
the fall and winter after Mr. Webber was dismissed, God poured out his 
spirit here in copious measure. There were about one hundred hopeful 
conversions. This was truly a most remarkable revival. To give any- 
thing like a complete history of it would occupy more time than is allotted 
for this discourse. The revival commenced when the church was with- 
out a minister. After the work commenced help was obtained. Mr. War- 
ren Day, a licentiate, who had studied theology with Prof ShurtlefF of 
Hanover, was employed to preach for a time, and his labors were signally 
blessed. As Mr. Day's health and strength began to fail under his 
exhausting labors, he made a protracted exchange with Dr. McKeen of 
Bradford, Vt., who labored here some three weeks, preaching almost 
every day during that time, at the meeting-house on the Sabbath and in 
school-houses or private dwellings during the week. He wrote in his 
diary, Monday, Feb. 5, 1816, " Left dear, blessed Campton for home. 
God has been working mightily among this people. "Wonderful have 
been the displays of his grace and power in subduing the hearts of many 
unto the obedience of faith. He has appeared in his glory in building 
up Zion." Rev. Mr. Hovey of Piermont and Rev. Mr. Fairbank of Ply- 
mouth rendered important assistance in the good work. Zeal and fer- 
vency characterized many of the converts. God owned their efforts in 
behalf of their associates and neighbors. As they had been taught of the 
Spirit so went they forth to teach others, believing that " faith cometh 
by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." The little band of 
faithful ones who had been steadfast in maintaining the worship of God 
on the Sabbath amid many discouragements, were now greatly rejoiced 
and strengthened. Their number was increased until the few became a 
host. Six young men, subjects of this revival, afterwards entered the 
ministry, — Christopher Marsh, Isaac Willey, Leonard Rogers, Daniel 
Pulsifer, George W. Elliott, and John Wooster. One of this number, Chris- 
topher Marsh, at the ordination of Worcester Willey in 1844, remarked, 
" Twenty-nine years ago at this time I was inquiring what I must do to 
be saved. The second Sabbath in January following I was one of thir- 
teen who in this house publicly professed Christ before the world. An 
interesting revival of religion was then in progress, which brought a 
large number into the church. From all my knowledge of that revival, 



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its origin, its progress, and results, and from all the experience I have had 
in revivals in other places from that time to this, I am in the habit of 
thinking of the revival in this town in 1815-16 as the most precious and 
the freest from anj^thing spurious or exceptionable of any revival that 
has fallen under my observation." There are those still living, members 
of this church, who were subjects of that revival, who have been accus- 
tomed to regard it as the most glorious, refreshing, the most remarkable 
revival they have ever known. They remember that twenty were struck 
under conviction when listening to one sermon preached by Mr. Day, 
from the text, " The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are 
not saved." If they could tell us, to-day, a tithe of what they remember 
of that revival, I am sure it would gladden all our hearts, and we should 
feel to pray the Lord of the harvest that he would in like manner appear 
and work among this generation. 

The next minister was Rev. A. P. Brown, a native of Thornton, not a 
graduate of college; had studied theology with Dr. Wood, of Boscawen. 
Having labored here a short time in the fiiU of 181G, with great accept- 
ance, he was called to the pastorate of this church, and was installed 
Jan. ], 1817; sermon by Rev. Mr. Hovey, consecrating prayer by Rev. 
Mr. Ward, charge by Rev. Mr. Price, right hand of fellowship by Rev. Mr. 
Fairbank, charge to the people by Rev. Mr. McKeen. A general pros- 
perity attended his ministry here, which continued five years. It was 
during his pastorate that the Congregational Society was incorporated; 
also, that the present parsonage lot was given to the Society by Col. 
Samuel Holmes, bounded as follows: "Beginning on the north side of 
Beebe's River, by the north end of the bridge across said river, on the 
road leading from my dwelling-house to the dwelling-house lately occu- 
pied by Jesse Willey, late of Campton, deceased; thence running north- 
erly by the west side of the road, thirty-eight rods, to the road leading to 
the meeting- house; thence by the south side of the road leading to the 
meeting-house, forty-eight rods, to a stake and stones; thence southerly, 
by the line of laud owned by the Hon. Arthur Livermore to Beebe's 
River; thence up and by said river to the bound first mentioned — con- 
taining, by estimate, twelve acres, be the same more or less." Mr. 
Holmes, although not a member of the church, also gave sixty dollars 
towards the erection of a house for a parsonage, and boarded the workmen 
while at work upon it. The old men of the parish undertook to build the 
house, and the young men the barn. When the whole was completed it 
was found that there was a debt of one hundred and fifty dollars. Col. 
Holmes said to the leading men of the parish, " You become obligated for 
one half of it, and you may put the other half to my account." The prop- 
osition was at once accepted. Mr. Brown was dismissed June 26, 1822. 
The council recommended him as an able and faithful preacher of the 
gospel. They say also, in their result, " Considering the pecuniary circum- 
stances of Rev. Mr. Brown, the smallness of his salary, and the inability 
of the Society to give him the compensation which is necessary for his 



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support, they judge it expedient that the pastoral relation between him 
and this church should be dissolved." After Mr, Brown was dismissed, 
and during the year 1823, Rev. A. Rankin, father of Dr. J. E. Rankin, 
now of Washington, D, C, preached for a time here and in Thornton on 
alternate Sabbaths. Both parishes moved in the matter to secure him for 
pastor, in which effort the people in Thornton were successful. At this 
time, 1823, stoves were first introduced into the meeting-house. How 
the peojjle could endure it, to stay through all those long services in the 
severest weather with no fire in the meeting-house except what was car- 
ried in the small foot-stoves for the women, is a marvel to this genera- 
tion; and yet such was the simple fact during the first forty-nine years 
of this church's existence. It was in 1821 that the first town-meeting 
was held in the meeting-house on the hill. At this meeting Rev. Mr. 
Brown offered prayer, the first prayer, says an octogenarian present here 
to-day, that he ever heard oflered in town-meeting, but it was by no 
means the last one. 

For a time after Mr. Brown was dismissed, it appears that the Society 
was weak in pecuniary ability, and their future prospects not flattering. 
Meetings, however, were regularly sustained on the Sabbath, preaching 
occasionally, and sermons read at other times. But a brighter day was 
soon to dawn upon them; som^ of the people residing on the west side of 
the Pemigewasset River, who commenced going to Plymouth for church 
privileges about the beginning of the present century, now came back, 
and, uniting with others, formed a second Congregational Society, and in 
1824 built a meeting-house a little south of where J. C. Blair now lives, 
and removed their church relations to this church, — one church, two 
societies, two meeting-houses, services in each on alternate Sabbaths. 
May 23, 1824, Rev. Jonathan L. Hale, a native of Canaan, Ct, a gradu- 
ate of Middlebury College, 1819, of Andover Seminary, 1822, who had 
been laboring in Colebrook in this State, under the auspices of the N. H. 
Missionary Society, for a year, having been ordained by the trustees of 
said Society, was invited to become the pastor of this church. He 
accepted, and was installed the twenty-third of the following month. 
Pres. Tyler, of Dartmouth College, preached the sermon ; installing 
prayer by Rev. Mr. Fairbank; charge to the pastor by Rev. Mr. Ward; 
right hand by Rev. Mr. Farnsworth; address to the people by Rev. Mr. 
Burnham. The new meeting-house on the west side of the river was 
dedicated Feb. 23,1825. Mr. Hale preached the sermon; text, " Ho- 
liness becometh thine house, O Lord, forever." A precious revival of 
religion followed, almost immediately, the dedication of the house. 
Some fifty or sixty were reckoned as converts, many of whom were heads 
of families. The present confession of faith and covenant were adopted 
by the church May 7, 1825. AVhen the meeting was on either side of the 
river, the people residing on the other side wei'e seriously incommoded in 
attending. The river could be forded a part of the time during the 
summer, and could be crossed on the ice in winter; but at times it was 



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dangerous crossing. On one occasion, soon after service had commenced 
in the house on the west side, a man rushed into the meeting-house and 
cried out, " A man is drowning in the i"iver! " whereupon service 
closed, temporarily, without the benediction, and with earnest effort the 
much-loved physician. Dr. Kimball, was soon rescued from the water. 
This and other like perils stimulated the people to build a bridge, which 
was done by private subscription, nearly opposite the present residence 
of J. C. Blair, in 1829, at a cost of $1,000, one tenth of which was con- 
tributed by Rev. Mr. Hale. For several years there seems to have been 
great unanimity and general prosperity in the church. Mr. Hale is said 
to have remarked " that his parish, made up of about forty families, 
promptly furnished him his salary, and contributed annually about four 
hundred dollars for the various benevolent objects of the day." Early in 
the year 1830 two brethren with the pastor commenced pleading unitedly 
for the Holy Spirit's influence to heal alienations among the brethren, to 
convict and convert sinners. They continued to meet weekly for an hour 
until June, 1831, when a protracted meeting of three days was held with 
good results. It is feared that the work of the Spirit was hindered some- 
what by alienations existing among the brethren. The record is, "A 
number, about the time of the meeting and since, have indulged hope. 
Of the number, twenty have united with the church; others will, it is 
probable, at some future time when the church shall be in a proper state 
to receive members." At his own request Mr. Hale was dismissed by 
advice of a mutual council, April 18, 1832. Those who were personally ac- 
quainted with Mr. Hale speak of him as a consistent, devoted, useful man. 
He became settled the same year of his dismission from this church in 
Windham, Me. At the advice of his physician, he went South in Octo- 
ber, 1834, to spend the winter. He died Jan. 15, 1835, on the Island of 
Skidaway, near Savannah, aged forty-four. 

Eev. Benjamin P. Stone, D. D., a native of Reading, Yt., a graduate of 
Middlebury College, 1828, of Andover Seminary, 1831, was installed 
pastor of this church, June 12, 1833. Sermon by Rev. Mr. Boardman; 
installing prayer by Rev. Mr. Hobart; charge by Rev. Mr. Ward; fellow- 
ship of the churches by Rev. Mr. Punchard; address to the people by Rev. 
Mr. Blake; address to the children by Rev, Mr. Tappan. The time of 
Mr. Stone's settlement was limited by mutual contract to five years. He 
was a good scholar, a sound theologian, his sermons clear and strong, not 
an orator, a safe counsellor, a faithful pastor. During his pastorate, 
existing difficulties in the church were removed, harmony to a good 
degree restored, and general spiritual prosperity enjoyed. During this 
period the church resolved that a pledge of total abstinence from ardent 
spirits, as a drink, be hereafter a condition for admission into the church. 
Dr. Stone was dismissed Sept. 11, 1837, to accept a call to the secretary- 
ship of the N. H. Missionary Society. He became also treasurer of the 
same Society, and treasurer and depositary of the N. H, Bible Society, 
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timeof the "Christian Reporter." After his dismissal from this church 
he occasionally supplied the pulpit for a longer or shorter time when they 
had no minister. His advice was frequently asked with regard to the 
choice of a minister and the settlement of difficulties between brethren. 
The last time he preached here was Aug. 8, 1869. Concerning the ser- 
mon, one of the congregation remarked, " The boys can't beat that." 
He died in Concord, Nov. 26, 1870, aged sixty-eight. 

The next minister was Rev. Thomas P. Beach. He came from Wolfe- 
borough here. He was installed Feb. 21, 1838. Sermon by Rev. Mr. 
Hall; installing prayer by Rev. Mr. Punchard; charge. Rev. Mr. Suth- 
ard; fellowship of the churches. Rev. Mr. Leach; address to the people, 
Rev. D. Pulsifer. Whatever harmony may have existed here when Mr. 
Beach commenced his labors, his pastorate of three and a half years was 
emphatically a stormy one. The church records and the proceedings of 
the council with reference to his case are sufficient to make quite a 
volume, though it would be painful to read it. The council that dis- 
missed him, Aug. 19, 1841, withdrew fellowship from him and advised his 
excommunication from the church, which was soon after done. From 
our standpoint, with a knowledge of some things that transpired, it is a 
wonder that he should ever have been called to the pastorate of this 
church, or that he should have been retained so long as he was. Writes 
one who was a member of the council that ordained him, and also of the 
one that dismissed him, in substance, as follows: " Mr. Beach was a ter- 
rible curse to the parish. It was always unaccountable to me how such a 
church as Campton was should have been deluded into a liking for him. 
The council, with great hesitation, consented to ordain him, and I have 
always blamed myself for taking any part in it; for he was not only des- 
titute of the necessary papers, but he was unsound, or utterly ignorant, 
on some important points of doctrine. When the council were alone, we 
discussed the question, whether we ought to ordain him, until the people 
were out of all patience. After his dismissal he went about the country 
preaching and lecturing wherever he could, and going into places of wor- 
ship and interrupting religious services by his ungracious tirades. Anti- 
slavery was his hobby; but anti-Bible, anti-Sabbath, anti-church, anti- 
religious rites and ordinances were his topics. It is a miracle that 
Campton church was not broken up by this deluded man. As it was, it 
barely escaped destruction; and if it had not possessed a measure of 
strength which very few other churches in the State had, its entire ruin 
would have been effected." A few months before he was dismissed, charges 
were preferred against him, before the church, which were sustained. 
At this time he abandoned the church, or, at least, the majority, as a 
baud of miscreants, and proclaimed in a written communication his with- 
drawal of fellowship, renounced the pulpit and his own ordination; de- 
nounced the institutions of the church, of the Sabbath, and the ministry, 
together with all the several benevolent associations which are sustained 
by the church; denied the inspiration of the Scriptures. He was ready 



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of speech and plausible; had a strong influence over an audience. He 
carried with him about a third part of the members of the church. Who 
can estimate the amount of evil occasioned by such a career? Much of 
this sad history will, doubtless, ever remain unwritten. But with all 
these evils before us, we find great relief in the hope that Mr. Beach, in 
after years, while residing in the State of Ohio, on reviewing his career 
in Campton, saw things in a ditferent light; his views and feelings under- 
went a great and desirable change. It is said that more than once he 
remarked to his wife, in speaking of wliat he had said and done in Camp- 
ton, " It does seem as though I must have been crazy." It is thought 
that his sudden death alone — which occurred in 1846 — prevented his 
communicating with this church, and endeavoring to do what he could to 
undo the evil that followed his erratic course here. 

The condition of affairs when Mr. Beach left must have been anything 
but agreeable, and the prospect not very favorable for securing another 
pastor; and still the pulpit was not long vacant. Rev. Charles Shedd, a 
native of Rindge, a graduate of Dartmouth College in 1826, who had been 
for several years a teacher in Kimball Union Academy, and at New Ip- 
swich, was called to the pastorate of this church. He was ordained pas- 
tor at the west meeting-liouse March 24, 1842. Sermon by Rev. B. P. 
Stone, D. D. ; ordaining prayer by Rev. Mr. Hobart ; charge by Rev. 
Mr. Ward; address to the people by Rev. Mr. Benson. Mr. Shedd was 
in many respects specially qualified for the very arduous and difficult work 
before him. lie was regarded by his brethren in the ministry as a positive 
character, a sound theologian, an excellent sermonizer, and a decided 
disciplinarian. During his ministry the knife was freely used in severing 
the limbs that were thought to be diseased. Twenty-one were ex- 
cluded from the church as the direct consequence of the defection occa- 
sioned, as was supposed, by the previous pastor. Several of these were 
afterwards restored. The hymn-book we now use — Church Psalmody — 
was introduced July 5, 1844. In 1853, there was a revival of religion of 
considerable power. The pastor wrote, " At the communion the first 
Sabbath in January, 1853, four were admitted to the church; it was a 
solemn season, never to be forgotten. The work then began with power. 
The Tuesday following was the day appointed for the pastoral visit; one 
hundred assembled, nearly all of them youth; the Holy Spirit was there; 
convicted sinners were there. In the evening a few remarks were made 
touching the present religious interest; it seemed like Pentecost; it was 
literally a Bochim; some sank upon their seats overwhelmed with emo- 
tion, and were unwilling to leave the house till they were conversed and 
prayed with. They came again at an early hour the next morning and 
found peace. The work proceeded with great stillness, and was supposed 
at the time to embrace sixty or seventy persons. Twenty-seven have 
united with this church, several with other churches, and otheis have yet 
made no profession." The interest continued about two years; meantime 
the church were accustomed to observe days of fasting and prayer occa- 



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sionally, and invariably with good results. Mr. Shedd's pastorate con- 
tinued between sixteen and seventeen years. He was dismissed Oct. 1, 
1856, the connection to close immediately after the first Sabbath in No- 
vember. The council earnestly recommended that the church and Society 
pay Mr. Shedd the sum of $200 in addition to the salary to which he was 
legally entitled. This recommendation of the council was carried out. A 
large majority of the church seem to have been his warm friends, while a 
few were as decidedly his opponents. Soon after he closed his labors with 
this people he went to Minnesota, where he still continues to labor in the 
gospel ministry. He visited Campton in 1865, and was cordially received 
by all classes. He preached on the Sabbath and also presided at the 
communion table. 

Rev. James B. Hadley, a native of Goffstown, a graduate of Amherst 
College, in 1833, of Andover Seminary in 1836, succeeded Mr. Shedd. 
He was installed Oct. 13, 1858; sermon by Dr. Chickering; installing 
prayer by Rev. Mr. Sargent; charge by Rev. Mr. Conant; right hand by 
Rev. Mr. Boutweil ; address to the people by Dr. Stone. In the fore- 
noon of the same day this house in which we are now assembled, which 
is essentially the one built in 1824 on the west side of the river, but which 
had been taken down and removed to this place, was dedicated. Mr. 
Hadley preached the sermon, text, Lev. 19, 130, " Ye shall keep my Sab- 
baths and reverence my sanctuary." Mr. Hadley commenced his labors 
here the second Sabbath in May, previous to his installation, under very 
favorable auspices, — the congregation no longer obliged to worship in two 
meeting-houses, one on each side of the river, in each on alternate Sab- 
baths, as they had done for thirty-four years. This house was in process 
of reconstruction, and when completed the excellent organ we now have 
was placed in it, Mrs. Sarah Little, of Newbury, Mass., contributing SlOO 
towards it. The new bell, a present to the Society from Sylvester Marsh, 
now of Littleton, a new chandelier, pulpit-lamps, and lamps for the orches- 
tra, presented by George W. Wyatt, of Somerville, Mass. ; the pulpit chairs, 
presented by Messrs. Merrill and Morrison, of Chelsea, Mass.; the pulpit 
Bible, a gift from Dr. B.P.Stone; the pulpit, sofa, table, carpets, and blinds, 
donated by the Ladies' Sewing Circle, were all arranged in their proper 
places. Harmony was restored among the members. Many who had long 
indulged a hope that they were subjects of renewing grace came forward 
and publicly professed faith in Christ. Others surrendered themselves to 
the rule and reign of Christ and became members of his visible church. 
A general spiritual prosperity prevailed. After a harmonious and useful 
pastorate of five years, Mr. Hadley was, by advice of council, dismissed 
May 19, 1863. He continues to reside among us, an active and exemplary 
Christian and an excellent parishioner, preaching occasionally in this and 
other pulpits in the vicinity. 

The War of the Rebellion made inroads upon this church. Four young 
men, Cyrus Burbeck, Charles H. Willey, Hermon C. Stickney, and 
Henry D. "VVyatt, at the call of their country, engaged therein, two of 



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whom did not live to return, Cyrus Burbeck died at Chicago, Aug. 7, 
1863, on his way home from the war; Charles H. Willey died July, 1863, 
near New Orleans. The loss of these two active young men was severely 
felt; Cyrus Burbeck had been the efficient clerk of the church for several 
years. Eight or ten others, members of the congregation and Sabbath 
School, were also in the war. 

Rev. Quincy Blakcly, a native of Pawlet, Vt, a graduate from the 
U. Vt., 1854, and Union Theological Seminary, 1857, preached here three 
Sabbaths in May, 1863; commenced stated labor January following; was 
installed pastor of this cburch, June 29, 1864; sermon by Rev. George B. 
Tolman; installing prayer by Rev. B. P. Stone, D. D.; charge to the 
pastor by Rev. J . B. Hadley; right hand by Rev. Henry A. Hazen; address 
to the people by Rev. William R. Jewett. Of his fitness for the work or 
success therein, it becometh not me to speak in this presence. And the 
history of this church during the last decade is so familiar to you all that 
it need not be rehearsed at this time. Suffice it to say, that great una- 
nimity and harmony have prevailed. 

I have thus hastily and very imperfectly sketched the history of this 
church during the one hundred years of its existence, an organization 
whose centennial anniversary antedates the centenary of our Republic. We 
inquire. What has been the occasion of its strength and of its perpetuity; 
what type of piety has prevailed; what has been its reputation among the 
churches? The occasion of its strength is not to be found in its numbers. 
It has never been large, and at times it has been reduced to a mere hand- 
ful. It is not to be found in its wealth, for of this it never had much to 
boast of. It is not to be found in the geographical position of its sanctu- 
ary, for that is very unfavorable, considering the development of busi- 
ness in other parts of the town and in adjoining towns, to which many of 
our citizens go for trade, and for social and religious privileges. No, 
the source of the strength and the occasion of tbe pei'petuity of this 
church is in that which is far higher, deeper, broader, and more enduring 
than any or all of these things. The membership have been rooted and 
grounded in the doctrines of the Bible. They have endeavored to build 
" upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself 
being the chief corner-stone." They have believed in God, in Jesus 
Christ; in man's original righteousness, and yet that he fell from that 
high and holy estate, and is by nature depraved, and will be forever lost 
unless renewed by the Holy Ghost, through sanctiflcation of the truth 
and belief in the Sou of God; in an unlimited atonement for sin, and 
" that whosoever believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that 
believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on 
him." 

On a certain time, when some people more zealous than wise, perhaps, 

were holding meetings in the vicinity, at which Congregationalists were 

derided, among other things said, it was reported and believed that a 

well-known person prayed that the doctrine of election might be taken 

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26 HISTORICAL DISCOURSE. 

out of the Bible. But the church paid no attention to these things, 
steadily held on their way, believing in God's sovereignty and in the per- 
severance of the saints. Our fathers not only believed the truths of the 
Bible, but they taught them to their children; they talked of them when 
they sat in their houses, when they walked by the way, when they lay 
down and when they rose up; they believed in the promises of a covenant- 
keeping God, that he would be a God unto them and to their seed after 
them. Our fathers were a Bible-reading and a Bible-loving people. 
Preaching that was not in harmony with the teaching of the Bible they 
would not accept, and they would be their own judges whether it was in 
harmony with the Bible or not. They believed that God works for the 
salvation of men and for the furtherance of his kingdom through the 
ordinary means of grace as well as through the extraordinary; hence 
they have endeavored to maintain religious service on the Sabbath con- 
tinually, with the regular ministry when practicable, at other times by 
temporary-paid supplies, — believing that the laborer is worthy of his 
hire, — and when no minister could be procured, the deacons conducted 
the meetings, and a sermon was read. These meetings were fully attended; 
thus the people were kept together and never lost the habit of attending 
religious worship. While they have preferred the faith and order of the 
Congregational Church, they have freely co-operated with other denom- 
inations in the benevolent operations of the day; dismissing members to 
and receiving from other Evangelical churches, their ministers exchan- 
ging with those of any Evangelical denomination. This people have been 
a benevolent people, giving of their men and of their money to the work 
of the Lord. This, too, is a source of strength and ground of perpetuity. 
They have been enriched by what they have given rather than by what 
they have retained. Though they have not aimed to corrupt their minis- 
ters with riches, they have given generously of their substance to the 
various benevolent objects of the day. This has been one of those 
churches whose benevolent contributions compare favorably with the 
salary of their own minister, as well as with their inventory of property. 
The aggregate of the inventory of the members of this church, as found 
in the selectmen's book for the current year, is $34,632. To this might 
be added |8,362, as the inventory of others who regularly contribute for 
the support of gospel institutions, though not members of the church; 
and yet the charitable contributions of this church and Society for the last 
conference year was $423.96. And with business-like promptness do they 
pay their minister's salary. But they are not the least impoverished by 
giving. Usually those who have given the most liberally have enjoyed 
the greatest prosperity. They have given from principle, and have taught 
their children to give also. They have given men, too. There have been 
raised up and sent out from this church into the ministry ten young men, 
— Isaac Willey, Christopher Marsh, George W. Elliott, Daniel Pulsifer^ 
Leonard Kogers, John Wooster, John Clark, Austin Willey, Worcester 
Willey, Samuel Hopkins Willey, eight of whom were natives of Camp- 



HISTORICAL DISCOURSE. 27 

ton. One other, Leonard Willey, had the ministry in view, but died 
while pursuing his studies at Williams College. Eight of these ten are 
still living. Some of them are present here to-day and will speak for 
themselves. This church has given not only money and men to help in 
the evangelization of the world, but has occasionally given the time of its 
own pastor to supply in destitute churches in the vicinity, or where the 
minister was disabled by sickness. I quote a single record, " The church 
voted that their pastor be requested to preach four Sabbaths in the des- 
titute places within the county in the course of the year, provided the 
societies acquiesce." 

This church has had a good reputation abroad. Writes one who was 
conversant with affairs here forty years ago, " There was not a church in 
the county that sustained a higher character for soundness in the faith, 
promptness in every good work, stability and reliability and Christian 
benevolence." Another, whose acquaintance with this people com- 
menced in 1844, writes, "I now recall very distinctly and with admira- 
tion these impressions, viz. that they were an intelligent, Christian 
people, that they would not knowingly allow anything to stand between 
them and the truth as it is revealed. Last and not least, they have made 
religion a business.^'' 

This church by no means claims perfection for itself. It has made sad 
mistakes; it has many imperfections. It has to-day, and perhaps 
always has had, members not distinguished for Christian activity, — sort 
of silent members. The type of piety prevailing may not always have 
been the most desirable, — sometimes rugged and resolute rather than 
winning and gentle. 

The office-bearers of the church are not here specially singled out, as 
they are to be remembered in a special paper. The Sabbath School and 
Sacred Music Society are also to be noticed in special papers. But there 
is another organization which is so intimately connected with the life and 
prosperity of this church, and which has been so fruitful of good works 
that it must not fail of mention at this time, — the Ladies' Missionary 
Association, in its two departments, foreign and home. Its foreign de- 
partment was organized more than thirty years ago, and has not in a 
single instance failed of holding its annual meeting for the election of 
officers, nor has it failed to make its annual contribution to the American 
Board, or, within a few years, to the Woman's Board. The home depart- 
ment is called the Cent Society. The officers and collectors are the same 
for each department. Their method of collecting funds is briefly this: 
They annually appoint collectors in different districts, who call upon all 
the ladies of the congregation, old and young, at their homes, in the 
autumn, for contributions to the foreign work, and in the early summer 
for contributions to the home work. This method is still heartily 
approved after so many years of trial. 

Could we, at this closing up of the first century of this church's exist- 
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good that has been accomplished through this instrumentality, the 
whole number converted, the happy influences exerted, how our hearts 
would be made to rejoice. Have we not reason for devout thanksgiving 
to God that the record is so fair? But then, again, could we know how 
many have passed from earth away, from among this people, unrenewed, 
who might, if the members of this church had been as faithful as they 
ought to have been, have become partakers of the great salvation, our 
hearts would be sad. While to-day we rejoice because of the great good 
accomplished, have we not reason to humble ourselves because of remiss- 
ness in duty? 

Let us imitate the virtues of our fathers, avoid their mistakes, and 
enter upon the work of the coming century with a firm resolve that we, 
each in his or her place, will be earnest for the Master, and seek to honor 
him by a more entire consecration of all that we have and are to his 
service. 



MEMBERS OF TfflS CHURCH WHO HAVE ENTERED 
THE MINISTRY. 



Isaac TVilley, born in Campton, Sept. 8, 1793; graduated at Dart- 
mouth College, 1822; studied theology with Pres. Tyler, and Profs. ShurtleflF 
and Haddock of Dartmouth; ordained Jan. 18,/l825j pastor at Rochester, /^2- (» 
1825-1834; agent New Hampshire Missionary Society, 1834-1837; pastor 
at Goffstown, 1837-1853; secretary and agent American Bible Society for 
New Hampshire, 1853-1875; resides at Pembroke. 

Christopher Marsh, born in Campton, Aug. 4, 1794; graduated at Dart- 
mouth College, 1820; studied theology with Rev. Asa Rand, Gorham, 
Me.; ordained June 4, 1823; pastor at Sanford, Me,, 1823-1827 ; pastor at 
Biddeford, Me., 1828-1831; secretary and general agent of Massachusetts 
Sabbath School Society for a time; pastor at West Roxbury, Mass., 1837- 
1850; resided at Jamaica Plain a few years; returned to Sanford, Me., 
August, 1858, where he died in the midst of his labors, June 30, 1859. 

George W. Elliott, born in Thornton, Sept. 18, 1796; united with this 
church on profession, Aug. 18, 1816; studied at Meriden, N. H., and 
Andover, Mass.; graduated at Auburn Theological Seminary, 1824; in- 
stalled at Lenox, N. Y., February, 1825; pastor at Lenox, 1825-1837; 
pastor in Illinois, 1837-1850 ; missionary in Milwaukee, Wis., 1851, where 
he now resides. 

Daniel Pulsifer, born in Campton, Sept. 26, 1796; studied theology with 
Rev. B. P. Stone; ordained Jan. 23, 1835; preached five years in Hebron 
and Groton; pastor ten years at Danbury; preached in Vermont several 
years, and afterwards at Enfield and Dorchester; resides at Danbury. 

Leonard Rogers, born in Campton, April 13, 1797; graduated at the 
Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, N. J., 1832; pastor in Western 
New York several years; preached also in several places in Wisconsin 
and in Illinois; present residence. Crystal Lake, 111. 

John Wooster, born in Campton, May 23, 1798; united with this church 
Jan. 23, 1816; ordained elder in Methodist Episcopal Church at West 
Windsor, Vt., Aug. 10, 1834; preached a year in each of the following 
places: Kingston and Loudon, N. H., Cabot and Plainfield, Vt.; was 
dismissed from the Methodist connection and united Avith the Caledonia 
(Vt.) Association, Oct. 14, 1839; acting pastor in Concord, Vt., 1841 and 
1842; pastor, Granby, Vt., 1843-1858; died at West Burke, Vt., Dec. 4, 
1873. 



30 CHURCH AND MINISTRY, 

John Clark, born in Haverhill, June 25, 1800; united with this church 
on profession, Oct. 2, 1825; studied theology with Rev. George Punchard 
ordained Jan. 23, 1835; preached in Wilmont and Danbury, 1835-1842 
in Burke, Vt., 1842-1854; in Bridge water, 1855; in Bristol, 1856-1857 
resides in Plymouth. 

Austin Willey, born in Carapton, June 24, 1806; graduated at Bangor 
Theological Seminary, 1837; editor "Herald of Freedom," 1839-1856; 
ordained at Anoka, Minn., 1858, where he preached for a time. On 
account of ill health, gave up preaching; has been engaged in literary 
pursuits to some extent; resides at Northfield, Minn. 

Worcester Willey, born in Campton, Sept. 1, 1808; graduated at Williams 
College, 1835; at Andover Theological Seminary, 1840; teacher for a 
time at Ashby, Mass., and Plymouth, N. H. ; preached at VVellflleet, 
Mass., and Hardwick, Vt.; missionary among the Cherokee Indians, 
1844-1869; now at work for the Massachusetts Bible Society; resides in 
Andover, Mass. 

Samuel Hopkins Willey, born in Campton, March 11, 1821; graduated 
at Dartmouth College, 1845; at Union Theological Seminary, N. Y., 
1848; ordained, November, 1848; pastor Howard Presbyterian Church, 
San Francisco, Cal., 1850-1862; Vice-Pres. of College of California, 
1862-1870; pastor of Congregational Church, Santa Cruz, Cal., 1870.— 
Leonard Willey, born in Campton, Aug. 29, 1799; had the ministry iu 
view, but died August, 1824, in Williamstown, Mass., while a member of 
Williams College. 



THE DEACONS. 

BY DEA. WILLIAM O. BROWN. 



" And the apostles said, "Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men 
of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over 
this business, — but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry 
of the Word." 

The brethren acted on this injunction, and thus early in the Christian 
Church men were appointed to the oflace of deacons, whose particular 
work tJien was to look after the poor of the church, to disburse its chari- 
ties, and to help in its secular interests as well as its spiritual, thus ena- 
bling the apostles and the ministers who were to follow them to attend 
more fully to their legitimate work, that of prayer and preaching. 

Among our Congregatianal churches tiiis office has always been recog- 
nized, and generally our churches have had the office filled, — sometimes 
having two persons to officiate as deacons, sometimes four, and in larger 
churches, six, and even eight. 

The church, whose one hundredth anniversary we to-day celebrate, 
has had from its earliest history acting deacons. At no time has it been 
without one, and for nearly all the time has it had two, and sometimes, as 
at the present, three deacons to represent it. 

It appears that Wm. Baker was the first chosen deacon of this church. 
He was in town in 1777, came from Epping ; he was probably here 
earlier than that date, for at that time (1777) we find him a delegate to 
the first convention for the formation of a State government, held at Con- 
cord. He was a man of known, decided Christian character ever after he 
came to town. He continued in office as deacon till he died, Nov. 28, 
1814, aged seventy-nine years, having served the church as deacon for 
nearly or quite thirty-eight years. He lived on the farm now owned by 
S. N. Stickney, and known as the " town farm." 

Daniel Wyatt was the second chosen deacon of the church, but it is 
probable he was chosen about the^same time, if not at the same meeting, 
in which Deacon Baker was chosen, for we find that he came into town 
in 1769, earlier than did Deacon Baker. He was from Newburyport. As 
he was here at the time the church was organized, it is but natural to 
suppose he might be chosen at the same time and place, and another fact 
bearing on this point is that the neighboring churches were in the practice 
of having two deacons; but Deacon Baker being the older man, and per- 



32 THE DEACONS. 

haps a little more conspicuous in town affairs, might have been chosen 
first and so called the first deacon. He was deacon for more than forty 
years. He died in 1821 at an advanced age, probably nearly ninety years. 
He lived where Daniel Wyatt now lives. He was known as the " Honest 
Miller" for more than forty years, and ground the grain for the families 
in all this region. His mill was at the " Livermore Falls," so called, and 
he dail}' walked to and from his mill, a mile and a half, as regularly as 
the day returned. Every man and every boy knew Deacon Wyatt, — 
knew him as the miller, knew him as the faithful, sincere Christian. 
Often did each boy, and man too, as he came to the mill with the load 
upon the horse's back, receive a kind word, a good suggestion, or an earn- 
est appeal. He was a man of (ZectVZec? religious character. His religious 
life commenced under the preaching of Whitefleld, and was maintained 
with unusual integrity to its close. 

It is not known at what time Deacons Bartlett and Wooster were 
chosen, as our church records do not go back further than the year 1800; 
but in 1801 they accepted the office to which they had been previously 
elected. In 1807 Deacon Wooster embraced what was then termed 
"close communion views," left the church, and joined the Baptists. He 
was probably deacon about thirteen years. He was a good man. After 
Deacon Wooster left the church, Deacon Bartlett was the only acting 
deacon for several years, nearly nine, for we find that Deacon Burbeck 
was appointed to that office in 1816, and Deacon Wooster left in 1807, 
making nine years between his leaving and Deacon Burbeck's appoint- 
ment. Deacon Burbeck died March 17, 1814, aged eighty-one years, hav- 
ing held the office twenty-eight years. 

Deacon Bartlett died Aug. 31, 1844, aged eighty-three years, having 
been deacon nearly fifty years. 

There have been times when this church has been without a minister 
for mouths together. During such intervals religious services were con- 
ducted by the deacons and other leading members of the church. These 
were called ''Deacon's Meetings." These Sabbath services were encour- 
aged and attended constantly by the leading families of the town. This, 
to us, is a fact of great importance, aud one which ought not to be over- 
looked. There was a principle about it; God's worship on the Sabbath 
and in his house must be maintained. This was done by our fathers, 
minister or no minister; and would that the present generation were as 
wise and sincere and conscientious as were our fathers. 

Deacons Baker, Wyatt, Bartlett, and Burbeck were held in high esteem 
for the part they took in these services; for it required much care and 
labor to procure and select suitable discourses, to read them, and to per- 
form the other services in the appropriate manner in which they were 
performed. This, from his situation in the parish and from his qualifica- 
tions, devolved much on Deacon Bartlett. To no other man has this church 
been so much indebted in all its interests as to him for more than forty 
years of its history. 



THE DEACONS. 33 

1 have just read several letters of his to his grandchildren in Lowell, 
•when he was more than eighty years old; and in them all is expressed an 
earnest desire, especially for their spiritual welfare. In one of them, and 
at its close, are the following words: "Were I acquainted with Mr. 
Blanchard (then pastor) I should wish to send him my respects and 
entreat him to be foithful unto death." In one of his letters, written in 
1842, when eighty-one years old, he closes thus: " Now may the blessing 
of God rest on you and make you blessings here in time, and abundantly 
prepare you for admittance into the kingdom of heaven, where you will go 
no more out forever. Pray for your old grandfather. Farewell! Fare- 
well! " In the same year he closes another thus: " Now, dear grand- 
children, I bid you farewell. Be faithful unto death " ; and then says in a 
postscript, " It is painful to sit long in writing; 1 have yet another to write 
to your Aunt Moody." In another letter he says, " I have no greater joy 
than to hear that my grandchildren are walking in the truth." I have 
quoted these extracts from his letters to show how intent his heart was for 
the spiritual prosperity of his relatives and others. Truly, he loved Zion 
and her gates. 

In 1820 Diadate Willey was chosen to the office of deacon. Deacons 
Willey and Burbeck served as deacons in the church together till 1814, 
when, after the death of Deacon Burbeck at that date, John Chandler was 
chosen to take his place in May, 1844. Deacon Chandler died March 11, 
1866, aged fifty-eight years, having served the church twelve years. 

In October following Deacon William Colby, who had been a deacon in a 
Vermont church and was living here, was chosen to fill the office which 
had been made vacant by the death of Deacon Chandler. In 1859 he 
moved to the West, and a year or two after died in Chicago. He was 
deacon of this church about three years. For nearly two years after Dea- 
con Colby left. Deacon Willey was the only acting deacon. 

In June, 1859, W. G. Brown and Jason Cook were both chosen as dea- 
cons, and both declined. In March, 1861, W. G. Brown and Jason Cook 
accepted the office to which they had previously been chosen. 

Deacon Cook died March 3, 1871, aged fifty-one years, having been our 
faithful deacon ten years. Of Deacon Cook's worth I need not speak. The 
members of this church knew him, and knew his worth. His memory is 
cherished by us. I think it may be truly said of him that he was ever 
ready to do his part in every enterprise or benevolent work that came 
before the church. 

In this connection, it will be proper for your speaker (and it certainly 
gives him great pleasure to be permitted) to say that during the ten 
years he was permitted and privileged to be associated with him as a 
brother deacon in this church, that our relations and associations and all 
our intercourse together were of the most friendly kind, and that our 
feelings, views, and actions seemed at all times to harmonize. 

In July, 1871,Ezekiel Hodgdon was chosen to take the place of Dea- 
con Cook. 

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THE SACRED MUSIC SOCIETY. 



Deacon Willey, Deacon Hodgdon, and Deacon Brown are the present 
deacons of the church. Deacon Willey has been the deacon of this church 
forty-eight years, Deacon Brown thirteen, and Deacon Ilodgdon three. 

Deacon Willey is our senior deacon, but on account of age and infir- 
mity seldom meets with us or ofliciates as deacon. His presence with us 
is always greeted with pleasure. 

From the foregoing, we learn that this church has had eleven regularly 
chosen deacons, viz. Baker, Wyatt, Bartlett, Wooster, Burbeck, Willey, 
Chandler, Colby, Brown, Cook, and Hodgdon. Of those who have lived, 
done their work, and died, I think it may be truly said, they were good 
men, and did their work faithfully and well, and have, we doubt not, 
entered upon their reward. And of the three that remain, it well 
becomes us each to ask. Has their mantle fallen, or shall it fall upon us? 



THE SACRED MUSIC SOCIETY. 

BY S. C. WILLEY. 

Yery little can be said in relation to sacred music here, previous to the 
organization of the Campton Sacred Music Society in 1814. But as 
music has always been considered a very important part of divine wor- 
ship, I think it was attended to at an early day after the planting of this 
church. I have been informed that as early as 1795 to 1797 a singing 
school was held at Col. Samuel Holmes', taught by King George, of 
Plymouth, which improved the. singing very much; there was one, also, 
taught by Eliphalet Blaisdell. When the present century commenced it 
found us with very good church music. In the spring of 1814, Dr. Robert 
Morrison came into town. He tvas a lover of music and a pleasant 
singer. He j^roposed the organization of a musical Society, which was 
organized July 5, 1814, by electing the following board of officers, viz. 
Dr. Robert Morrison, president; Israel Spencer, vice-president; Wil- 
liam Rogers, clerk ; Isaac Willey, treasurer ; Diadate Willey, James 
Burbeck, and David Bartlett, Jr., Standing Committee. May 27, 1816, 
Campton Musical Society met, agreeable to the constitution, and passed 
the following vote : Voted, that the Campton Musical Society be incor- 
porated into a body to be known by the name of the Campton Sacred 
Music Society. Date of incorporation, Dec. 27, 1816; total number or 
members at this date, forty-five. Agreeably to the foregoing act of incor- 
poration, a meeting was legally warned and holden Dec. 27, 1816. Chose 
Isaac Willey, Jr., Scribe, and proceeded to make choice of the following 
officers, viz. Moses Baker, Esq., president; Joseph Palsifer, Jr., vice-presi- 
dent; Robert Morrison, chorister; Israel Spencer, first assistant chorister; 
Diadate Willey, second assistant chorister; William Rogers, clerk; David 
Uartlett, Jr., treasurer. Chose Rev. Amos P. Brown, Moses Baker, Esq., 



THE SABBATH SCHOOL. 35 

and Robert Morrison, a committee to draft By-Laws for the well-ordering 
and regulating tlie concerns of said Society. 

The choristers, from the organization of the Society to the present 
time: Dr. Robert Morrison, to the time of his death, July 6, 1819, aged 
twenty-eight; David Bartlett, Jr., 1820 to 1828; Nathaniel Spencer, 1829; 
William H. Blair, 1830; J. C. Blair, 1831 to 1836; Nathaniel Spencer, 
1837 to 1838; J. C. Blair, 1839; Nathaniel Spencer, 1840; J. C. Blair, 

1841, to the time of his death, Oct. 29, 1804, having served as chorister 
thirty years; Joseph C. Blair, son of J. C. Blair, 1865 to the present time, 
— six choristers for sixty years. 

The assistant choristers have been, Israel Spencer, Nathaniel Spencer, 
Diadate Willey, E. B. Morrison, David Bartlett, William H. Blair, Eliph- 
alet Blaisdell, Austin Willey, William Rogers, Daniel Wyatt, Theodore 
Palmer, Davis Baker, Jr., Ebenezer Burbauk, Gardiner Spencer, Henry 
Little, Joseph Cook, S. C. Willey, Moses C. Dole, Henry D. Wyatt, Gard- 
iner Little, Jason Little, and Warren Tucker. Whole number of mem- 
bers from the organization of the Society to the present time, 200. 

I will speak of some of the singing-schools and teachers. One taught 
by Sheldon Clark, the winter of 1817-1818, is spoken of as being a very 
popular school. Another, taught by Mr. Richardson, 1825-1826, as 
equally popular, and brought into the Society a large number of excellent 
singers. These two schools, I am told, were taught without the aid of any 
kind of musical instrument, thus raising up a class of independent sing- 
ers, who could ever after stand alone, unsupported by an instrument. Mr. 
George taught the winter of 1835-1836. Rev. Worcester Willey, 1841- 

1842. This was an excellent school. I might also speak of Spencer, 
Blair, Wyatt, Adams, and Dearborn, as teachers who have subsequently 
taught, rendering acceptable service. 



THE SABBATH SCHOOL. 



BY CHARLES CUTTEK. 



The Christian people of Campton were early interested in the biblical 
instruction of children. As long ago as 1812 or 1813, Mrs. Noyes, a 
widow lady residing on Pulsifer Hill, was accustomed to gather the 
children of her neighborhood together on the Sabbath to recite passages 
of Scripture, and to her seems to belong the honor of originating the 
first Sabbath School. Some ten or twelve years later a school was formed 
and held in an old barn that stood at the corner of the road near Mr. 
Farrar's, under the auspices of Mr. Jacob Giddings and Daniel Pulsifer. 
Here the children in the eastern part of the town, which then contained 
quite a large number of church-going people, were accustomed to stop for 
half au hour or more while on their way to meeting, and, seated upon 



36 THE SABBATH SCHOOL. 

planed boards, repeat passages from the Bible that they had committed 
to memory. Prayer and remarks from some one called upon to address 
them followed, and they then wended their way to the church. This school, 
not long after, was merged in one held at the church at noon, in which 
Dea. Willey, Dea. Bartlett, and several women were active in promoting 
its welfare. The session was held only in the summer season at this 
time, as there was no stove in the meeting-house, and it was necessary 
for the congregation to repair to the neighboring houses at noon in order 
to get warmed up for the afternoon service. The exercises of the school 
still continued to be recitation of Scripture, preceded by prayer, and 
closed by singing. In the year 1825 we have the record of the formation 
of a Sabbath School Society, whose object, as stated in the constitution 
adopted, was the establishment and instruction of a Sabbath School. Its 
officers were to consist of a president, secretary, librarian, and two super- 
intendents. Its members were to pay twenty cents yearly into the treas- 
ury. This Society, with some changes in its constitution, has continued 
down to the present time. From the period of its formation down to 
1833, we have no record of its doings. The school meanwhile was kept 
up. A book entitled Biblical Catechism was used for a time, in which 
Scripture doctrines were stated, with proof texts thereof, which the 
scholars were expected to commit to memory. The year 1833 was the 
era of the advent of the Rev. Dr. Stone to the pastorate of the church. 
He appears to have infused new life into the Sabbath School. Through 
his influence nearly the whole congregation was induced to join the school 
in the study of the Bible, a feature which has been retained to this day, 
and is often adverted to by strangers called upon to address the school. 
The Union Question Books were introduced at about this time, and these 
v^ere succeeded by various others down to the present year, when the 
Pilgrim Series of Uniform Lessons was adopted. In that year also a record 
of the doings of the Society began to be kept in a book; and, with the 
exception of the years 1836 and 1837, is entire down to the present time. 
JBenjamin Noyes, Diadate Willey, Davis Baker, John Chandler, J. C. 
Blair, Moses C. Dole, Joseph Cook, are named in the record as having 
acted as superintendents. Up to 1845, in which year the article requiring 
a tax of twenty cents annually was struck from the constitution, the 
money received in this way, and by an occasional contribution, was ex- 
pended almost wholly upon the library. In the years 1833 and 1834, 
$33.95 were expended for this purpose. In 1835, 1836, and 1837, S34.67; 
in 1839, $13.45; in 1840, $10.63; in 1844, $6.50; in 1851, $20.61; in 1852, 
$16; in 1853, $6. In 1854, a monthly collection was voted, which has 
ever since been continued. In 1857, $12.33 were expended for the library; 
in 1859, S14.35 for that object, and $5 for mission schools; in 1860, $11.51 
for books and i^apers; in 1861, $11.76 were expended for books and pa- 
pers, and $10 for tracts for the New Hampshire soldiers; in 1802, $2.05 
lor the latter object, $1.78 for books; in 1863, $10 for the soldiers and 
$15.72 lor the library. 1864 maiks the era^of a great increase in the 



EEMAEKS OF REV. J. B. HADLEY. 37 

benevolent operations of the school. At the suggestion of Mr. Joseph 
Cook, the superintendent, several of the 3'ounger scholars went out solicit- 
ing funds for the establishment of a mission school. Their efforts resulted 
in the sum of S3I.0S, which was sent to the American Board, to be ex- 
pended for that purpose; ^20 also the same year were paid out for the 
library. In 1865 the young folks again went out, and collected ^4G.'Jl. 
For various objects of benevolence this year the school paid out the sum 
of $144.48. In 18GG, $20.05 were contributed for 200^ shares in the mis- 
sion ship " Morning Star "; $20.10 were also expended for the library; $10 
for the Congregational Society at Washington, D. C; $20.84 for the Sea- 
man's Friend Society at Boston. 

In 18G8 the Sabbath School Potato Fair was originated by the superin- 
tendent. The members of the school were invited to plant ten hills of 
potatoes each, the product to be disposed of at a Fair at the Town Hall in 
the fall, the money received to be devoted to a mission school. This 
institution has been kept up ever since. Not only potatoes but pump- 
kins, squashes, pop corn, etc., with various articles of female handiwork, 
have been brought in to increase the sale. A large number are usually 
present, and addresses and music add to the interest of the occasion. 
The proceeds of the Fair the first year amounted to $25.08. For the 
library and other purposes, that year, there were expended in all $103.37. 
In 1800 the Potato Fair resulted in the sum of $33. In 1870 the sale at 
the Potato Fair amounted to $32.75. A Christmas Festival was held 
tins year, also, at Mr. J. C. Blair's, at which .$8.10 were raised; there were 
expended for various objects, this year, $65.15. In 1871 the Potato Fair 
produced $42; the expenditure, the same year, reached the sum of 
$102.04. In 1872 the Potato Fair brought in $50; and in all $119.48 were 
expended. In 1873 $57 were realized from the Potato Fair; and $73.34 
were devoted to various objects. Thus, in the last ten years, more than 
$800 have been raised and expended by the Sabbath School, and the 
amount of good it has accomplished can only be known to Him who 
knows the end from the beginninor. 



EEMAEKS OF EEV. J. B. HADEEY. 

Mr. President: 

I think it not strange that the psalmist, in contemplating the material 
universe, was filled with rapturous thoughts in view of the exhibitions of 
the power, wisdom, and goodness of God, so strikingly displayed in the 
arrangement of the heavens and the earth to meet the necessary wants of 
the human family; not strange, that he, with a radiant countenance, should 
call upon the heavens, the earth, the seas, and everything that moveth 
therein, to praise the Lord, the Creator of all things. 

Neither do I think it strange that the scientists of the present day, who 
believe in the atomical philosophy of the world's creation, see nothing in 



38 RESIARKS OF REV. N. BOUTON, D. D. 

the works of nature of divine power, wisdom, and goodness, to excite 
lofty thoughts and to kindle in their souls a strong desire to love and 
adore the Lord of all things. And what is this atomical theory? In brief 
it is this: " That atoms and vacuum were the beginning of the universe; 
these atoms were infinite in magnitude and number, and were borue 
about through the universe in endless revolutions; and thus they produced 
all the combinations that exist, — fire, water, air, earth; for all these are 
only combinations of atoms, which are unchangeable. By the revolution 
of these atoms the sun and moon were formed; the soul, the origin of 
life, consciousness, and thought, was formed from the finest fire atoms. 
Motion, then, is the cause of everj'thiug that exists." 

If the fathers of this town had been believers in this theory, and had 
brought up their children in the same faith, we should not have had a 
centennial celebration here to-day. The names of the ten pastors, so 
beautifully wreathed with evergreens upon these walls, whose labors God 
blest to the salvation of many souls; the historical discourse replete with 
stirring remiuiscenses, the sweet tones of the organ blending harmoniously 
with human voices, the large congregation now assembled in this house 
of the Lord, all these cheerful sights and sounds, these soul-stirring inci- 
dents, would not have greeted our ears and cheered our eyes to-day. 

Thanks to the Creator of the univei'se that such an atheistical senti- 
ment did not dwarf the manhood and dry up the spiritual longings and 
aspirations of those whose graves are with us, and whose holy living, 
prayers and triumphant deaths are cherished with filial love. 

And may it be the heartfelt prayer of all now present, that while the 
silvery waters of our grand Pemigewasset flow onward, and while our 
Palestine mountains shall stand firm upon their granite foundations, so 
long may the glorious gospel be preached here, to the honor of God and 
to the salvation of coming generations. 



REMAEKS OF REV. N. BOUTON, D. D. 

Rev. Dr. Bouton, of Concord, said that he had listened with great in- 
terest to the historical discourse, and to the several papers which had been 
read on this occasion, and hoped that all would be printed and thus be 
preserved and handed down for future generations to read. The leading 
idea which impressed his mind was the mission of a church, planted, like 
this, in a rural district, small in numbers and weak in pecuniary re- 
sources, yet sustaining itself with the ministry and ordinances of the 
gospel through a hundred years. That mission, he said, was not merely 
to conserve the peace and order of the surrounding community; to impart 
religious instruction and send out moral and spiritual influences to the 
people of a single town; not only to be a bond of fellowship and a means 
of growth and usefulness to Christians, — but to raise up, from generation 



REMARKS OF REV. "VVBI. R. JEWETT. 39 

to nfeneration. a holy seed; to send out sons and daughters, well instructed, 
sanctified, and qualified to bless other portions of the country and of the 
world. lu this regard, this church had nobly and well fulfilled its mission. 
Who can estimate the intluences for good that have yearly flowed out like 
streamlets from the neighboring hills into all parts of our State and of our 
whole country? Count over the sous you have educated; follow them out 
to their several widely-extended spheres of labor, —furnishing deacons 
and pastors for city churches, and becoming themselves centres of wider 
and still wider circles of influence in remote sections of our country. 
Look, for illustration, to a single family planted on your hills. Accustomed 
to labor and privations in early life, struggling and pushing forward for 
higher and better advantages, three of them have become graduates of 
college; one of them, veteran pioneer and agent in every good work, has 
long been identified with the moral and religious interest of this State, 
has visited every town and neighborhood and hamlet, and left a Bible 
with prayers and counsels behind, to bless them. Another, teacher and 
editor, his good influence in younger life permeated an Eastern, and is 
now widely felt in a Western State. Another, a preacher and missionary 
among the Indians of the West, and a faithful laborer in other fields of 
service. And still another bears the honor, if not oi planting, yet of being 
pastor of the first Congregational Church in California a number of years; 
of establishing and presiding over a college and State university; and is 
now pastor of a Congregational Church in Santa Cruz, Cal. If Campton 
had never done anything more than raise up and send out one such fam- 
ily, she had done a noble work, worthy of all praise. But your records 
show that this is not all; other illustrations might be given. I am sur- 
prised at the persistence with which good objects and good causes have 
been pursued. Your Sabbath School Organization, your Music Society, 
your Missionary Society, the annual amount of benevolent conti'ibutions, 
altogether, are a pattern for larger and more wealthy churches. My 
wish and prayer is that you may thus live and prosper through many 
generations. 



REMARKS OF REV. WM. R. JEWETT. 

Mr. President: 

It is many years since I have visited your town, hut I am glad to be 
present on this interesting occasion. There is always a little of the mel- 
ancholy in the feelings with which we revisit scenes that were once 
famiUar, but have become strange by long absence. We live in a world 
of change. Everything around us is changing; we ourselves are con- 
stantly changing; yet ordinarily we take little notice of the changes 
that are silently taking place around us and within us. 

But when, after an absence of many years, we return to a place where 
once we were familiar, the changes of the past rush upon the mind, and 



40 REMARKS OF REV. WINI. R. JEWETT. 

the pleasure we enjoy is mingled with sadness. Nearly thirty years ago, 
on an exchange with the clergyman who was then your pastor, I visited 
this town for the first time. The people assembled for Avorship, not in 
this sanctuary, but in the old-fashioned meeting-house ou a neighboring 
hill, which many of you will remember, with its numerous ranges of square 
pews below, its galleries with its ranges of wall-pews. 

The people of Campton went up to the temple to worship. At that 
time there was a class of hearers in this congregation (and I hope the 
class has not become extinct) who lived upon the strong meat of scrip- 
tural truth, and who by use had " their senses exercised to discern both 
good and evil." Nothing but such food was relished. 

When I received the polite invitation of your committee to be present 
to-day, at once my purpose was taken to revisit the romantic town, with 
its beautiful hills and its mountain gorges, its shady groves and its lovely 
valleys, watered by that river which contributes so much to the fertility 
and beauty of this whole region. 

Still more, I wished to revive ancient associations connected with a 
hundred localities in this vicinity, — to meet and to greet my old friends, 
and to be greeted by them as only friends are greeted who return after a 
long absence. 

Many that I once knew and loved are gone from the place, — many are 
dead. The graves of some of my old friends and parishioners are found 
in your cemetery. Now that I have changed my home my thoughts often 
go back to Beech Hill and Prospect Hill. 

I have lived in cordial friendship with all your pastors for thirty years. 
The late Dr. Stone had resigned the pastoral charge of the church and 
was Secretary of the New Hampshire Missionary Society when I entered 
my new field of labor. With him I quickly formed acquaintance Avhich 
ripened into the most hearty friendship, and, continued unbroken to the 
hour of his death. Allow me to pay a short tribute to his memory. He 
was not distinguished for creative imagination, or possessed great power 
over the passions or sensibilities of his hearers. His mind was of a 
strictly logical cast. In soundness of judgment he excelled almost any 
man with wliom I have ever had acquaintance. Hence his great influ- 
ence with the trustees of the Missionary Society. They had learned from 
long experience that he was a safe and judicious counsellor. The reports 
of the Missionary Society, that he prepared for twenty years, were lis- 
tened to with the deepest interest. They were reports such as few secre- 
taries have prepared, or could prepare. 

With the Rev. Charles Shedd, who became your pastor in 1842, my 
acquaintance was of the most intimate character. How often have I 
heard a rap at the door of my study, and upon rising to open, have found 
Brother Shedd standing at the entrance. I can truly say of this good 
man what President Edwards says of himself : "He loved the doctrines 
of the gospel; they were to his soul like green pastures. The doctrines 
of God's absolute sovereignty and free grace in showing mercy to whom 



EEMAEKS OF EEV. ISAAC WILLEY. 41 

he would show mercy, aud man's absolute dependence on the operations 
of God's Holy Spirit, appeared to him as sweet and glorious doctrines." 

These doctrines were his delight. Once on an exchange I met him 
half-way between our habitations. He commenced at once by saying, 
" Brother Jewett, my mind of late has been greatly exercised on the doc- 
trine of election. It is a glorious doctrine. It exalts God and it humbles 
man." On the evening of the same day, in returning, we met again; he 
then said, " Brother Jewett, my mind has of late been greatly absorbed in 
contemplating the doctrine of divine sovereignty. It is a glorious doc- 
trine." It is possible that at some periods in his ministry he gave too 
much prominence to his favorite themes, however true and important, 
and left a wrong impression on the minds of his hearers. I was greatly 
interested in hearing the letter which was read from him to-day. He is 
still in his Western home, preaching the gospel which he so much loved, 
and bringing forth fruit in his old age. May the blessing of God be with 
him always I 

Of his worthy successor I need say nothing, for he is present and has 
spoken for himself. 

My Brethren and Friends, — The remaining moments of this occasion 
are fast approaching their close. We thank God that we have been per- 
mitted to engage in these services on this beautiful day, and under this 
smiling sun, and to listen to the iustructive and valuable discourse of 
your present pastor, in whom you are so happily united. We now part, 
to be scattered far aud wide, but often as we remember this occasion, 
often as we look back to these hills and valleys, we shall exclaim as the 
Hebrew prophet did of Jerusalem, "If I forget thee let my right hand 
forget her cunning; if I do not remember thee let my tongue cleave to 
the roof of my mouth,' 

Here we have no continuing city, but there is a city which has founda- 
tions, whose builder and maker is God. Its foundations are garnished 
with all manner of precious stones, and each gate is a pearl. May we at 
last, through the riches of grace, be accepted as citizens of the heavenly 
Jerusalem, and join in the worship of the upper world, entering upon an 
everlasting progress of holiness and bliss 1 



REMARKS OF REV. ISAAC WILLEY. 

In the preservation of this church through the century of its existence 
the hand of God is as clearly manifest as in any period in the history of 
his ancient church. The town itself among the hills and necessarily 
small, nearly surrounded by towns in which the institutions of religion 
were not statedly maintained; a large portion of its people on the west 
side of the river worshijjping at Plymouth ; another part sustaining a 
Baptist Church; many of its valuable farms in the hands of those who 
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42 REMAEKS or REV. ISAAC WILLEY. 

felt no interest in the church, — is it not marvellous that this church has 
lived and prospered as it has? Here the public worship of God has con- 
tinued without interruption one hundred years. Often the number of 
families co-operating in its support has been less than forty, and many of 
these securing from these hills but a small income from their labor. For 
a very large portion of the time the ministry has been sustained here, and 
always without aid Irom any foreign source. A fact of interest is that 
the early population of this town were brought up to support religious 
institutions and to attend upon public worship on the Sabbath. ]Many of 
these persons were not members of the church, but they stood by it and 
made sacrifices for its support. 

Another fact of interest is the well-known liberality of this church to 
the benevolent objects of the day. It has frequently occurred that the 
amount of their contributions equalled the salary of their minister. This 
accounts, in no small measure, for its stability and its prosperity. They 
trusted in the Lord and did good, "so they have dwelt in the land, and 
verily, they have been fed." Of the men who officiated in the ministry 
here we have already heard. My recollection extends back three fourths 
of the century. I have a distinct recollection of all the ministers except 
the first, and of him I have ever entertained a high regard from the im- 
pressions received from my parents and others. Rev. Mr. Chapin was a 
tall, spare man, of consistent and sober deportment. Mother wit, of 
which he had his share, would only occasionally appear. He refused to be 
settled according to ecclesiastical usage, saying that he was like his 
horse, sure to break away if tied. He was a Congregationalist in his 
views of church polity. Of the Church of England he said that at the 
Reformation they swept the dirt into the porch and left it there. He was 
a benevolent man. An instance is recollected of his meeting a poor boy, 
on a frosty morning, and of his taking off his coat and putting it upon 
him. He was opposed to instrumental music; and the bass-viol was laid 
aside. '' What would you say," said he, " if I should place a wooden min- 
ister in the pulpit? You do no better, in introducing a wooden singer." 
A regard to his feelings, rather than his argument, influenced the people 
at the time. He became interested in politics; gave a warm sui^port to 
the election of Mr. Jefferson as President. He embraced the views of the 
Baptist denomination, and declined any longer serving this church. He 
preached elsewhere as he was invited, and attended many funerals. In 
his advanced years, he became destitute of the means of a comfortable 
living. He was once called upon for a tax of half a dollar; he replied that 
he had not received as much for his services for many years. Of his 
family, made up of his wife and daughter, I cannot forbear saying a word. 
Intelligent, discreet, devoted Christians, their influence was felt for good 
by all who knew them. 

Mr. Webber was a man of commanding personal influence. His preach- 
ing was often impressive and instructive. But his large family and small 
salary made it necessary for him to labor fur their support. His services 



REMARKS OF REV. ISAAC WILLEY. 43 

on the Sabbath were consequently not as well matured as they otherwise 
might have been, but he was useful in his day. His labors immediately 
preceded the great revival of 1815. Of him the following incident is 
remembered: In his rides through the parish he one day fell in with 
Col. C, a young man of popular talents, but not of fixed religious princi- 
ples, and he remarked to him that he only occasionally saw him at 
church. The colonel replied that he frequently attended other meetings. 
"Is it not wise," said Mr. Webber, "to have a stated place of meeting?" 
" Oh I " said the colonel, " it is said that a change of pastures makes fat 
calves." Said Mr. Webber, "I once knew a case where a calf sucked two 
cows all the season." — ''And what did he make?" said the colonel. 
"A great calf!" was the reply. 

During the great revival and the year following a number of men 
labored here in the ministry for a time, as we have learned from Mr. 
Blakel}'. But soon came the question as to the settlement of a minister. 
The Society was then confined, mainly, to the east side of the river, and 
they knew not how to raise the means for his support. At this time, Mr. 
Brown, from Thornton, had been making some preparation for preaching, 
under the care of Rev. Dr. Wood, of Boscawen. He was induced to enter 
upon the work here, upon a small salary. He was an earnest Christian 
man, and after the labors of a few years removed to the West. 

At the settlement of Rev. Mr. Hale, both parts of the town united, and 
worship was sustained a portion of the time on each side of the river. 
His ministry was connected not only with the enlargement of the church, 
but with the increase of the means for the support of its institutions. 
He sought the interests of this people by much personal sacrifice; and so 
far as we can now see, might have remained here with comfort to himself 
and with benefit to the people the few years which he was permitted to 
live. Here he buried his companion. He removed to Maine, where, 
after a few years, he married again. At his death, his widow assumed 
the responsibility of caring for and educating his children; and most 
faithfully did she perform these duties. The two sons, in early manhood, 
were ripened for and departed to the rest of the people of God. The 
daughter still lives, and is the wife of Rev. Lauren Armsby, Council 
Cove. Kan. 

Mr. Willey gave pleasing reminiscences, and bore honorable testimony 
to the character of several of the early deacons of the church. Deacon 
Wyatt's — "the honest miller" — character was formed after the model 
of Dr. Watts, whose sermons he read and whose hymns he sung. Deacon 
Burbeck was an exemplary and thoughtful man, of humble pretensions. 
He read much, and his more worldly neighbors regarded him as some- 
times neglecting his w< rldly interests; but another day may show that 
in seeking first the Kingdom of Heaven and its righteousness, he pur- 
sued the wiser course. Deacon Bartlett had his early training under the 
ministry of Dr. Spring, of Newburyport, which prepared him tor the 
service to which he was frequently called. There being no vestry, meet- 



44 SKETCHES OF PIETY. 

ings for prayer and for other purposes were numerous at his house. Few 
families but would have esteemed this a burden; but the blessing of the 
house of Obed-Edom has been upon that family. 

After the establishment of the Theological Seminary at Andover by 
the munificence of his brother, the late William Bartlett, of Newbury- 
port,and Dr. Griffin had been appointed professor, Deacon Bartlett was so 
anxious to hear him preach that he made a journey to Andover for that 
purpose. It is not too much to say that all he had anticipated was fully 
realized. Another incident: two young men, preparing for the ministry, 
came to Deacon Bartlett's house one Sabbath noon, from an excursion 
among the mountains. They were not of the most sober kind. Them- 
selves and team were well cared for. But they did not leave the next 
morning without such a reproof for their levity and their violation of the 
Sabbath as they never afterwards forgot. They both became distin- 
guished ministers in Massachusetts, but were never the worse for the 
lesson which they received from Deacon Bartlett. 

Deacon Diadate Willey spoke with much feeling of his interest in the 
occasion. His own memory went back over three fourths of the period 
we now review. He was a subject of the great revival in 1815. He 
seemed burdened with the desire that this people might now enjoy a like 
refreshing from on high. He earnestly exhorted all to accept the gra- 
cious provisions of the gospel for our salvation. 

David Bartlett, another subject of the revival of 1815, gave interesting 
reminiscences cf his uncle, Ebenezer Bartlett, Jr. He spoke of the good 
influence of a certain sermon by Rev. Mr. Hovey, from the text, " Who 
is on the Lord's side? " Also of another, by Rev. Mr. Day, from the 
text, " The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved." 
He said that twenty were struck under conviction while listening to that 
sermon. 



SKETCHES OF PIETY. 

FURNISHED BY REV. AND MRS. AUSTIN WILLEY. 

It will certainly be gratifying to the church to note down such recol- 
lections of Deacon Ebenezer Bartlett as Mrs. Willey, his only remaining 
child, and myself, may have, although he was a member of the church in 
Plymouth after 1800 in consequence of his residence. 

He was a citizen of the town, and nearly all his other connections were 
there. Most of his children and relatives were in the church in Campton, 
and he ever cherished a deep interest in its welfare. His prayers may 
have secured for it many blessings, and in the roll of pious memories 
there, we cannot leave him out. He, with his brother David, were early 
emigrants, and brought with thcni from Newburyport, Mass., decided 
Christian characters. He came when geventeen years of age. He had a 



SKETCHES OF PIETY. 45 

strong desire to prepare for the ministry, but his father was unwilling. 
It was a sad mistake; his life was half minister as it was. lie had a 
strong desire for knowledge and culture, and improved every means 
within his reach in a new country. His taste was refined, and his love 
for solid reading was strong. He early obtained a share in that old 
librar}' and enriched his mind by its stores. When a young man, he, his 
brother, and a relative ("Corporal Bartlett"), working together among 
the logs, by agreement corrected and aided each other in the best use of 
language, — a rare thing for pioneer emigrants, — and they all, especially 
the brothers, acquired a propriety of language which greatly increased 
their usefulness. In his later years, he wrote some, and well, for publi- 
cation. Mrs. Willey says, " My earliest impressions of my father are 
that he was a very holy man, and lived nearer to heaven than any other 
person I ever knew. There seemed about him a kind of halo, which, as a 
child, I thought resembled heaven; but such was his sweetness, his gen- 
tleness and alfection, that we were not overawed by his sacredness. We 
revered, but loved him not the less. I never heard him speak an improper 
word. Family worship morning and night was faithfully observed, and 
he often added a few words to the reading. His prayers were far from 
formal; they were tender, earnest, and particular, especially for the chil- 
dren, that " God would remember his covenant to all generations," and 
that " each one might be prepared to die." 

He was not lengthy, but enough so to make the service always im- 
pressive. The children never forgot that family worship. So strong 
were his impressions of life's uncertainty, he many times made this ser- 
vice as though it might be the last. My father was strict in reference to 
the Sabbath. It was a holy day. All chores and labor were done, when 
possible, before sunset Saturday night, and the evening was spent in 
reading and religious conversation, preparatory to the Sabbath. It was 
his desire that as httle work as possible should be done in the house and 
out of it. He disallowed all unnecessary secular conversation and read- 
ing, and the children's play must go over till Monday. We had a regular 
exercise every Sabbath, all the children repeating the Commandments 
and Catechism, and listening to his pious conversation. We used, also, to 
sing. He loved religious worship, and although four miles from meeting, 
he was very seldom absent, nor was most of the family, — and it was 
before the days of carriages. His attendance on other religious meetings 
was equally exact. I have known him, when at work in the field, and 
the fomily could not attend the monthly concert, to put up his team, come 
to the house, call the family together, read from the Bible, talk upon it, 
and offer earnest prayer. One time, I remember, he read the 11th of 
Hebrews, — a great favorite of his, — and his heart was so full that he 
poured out his soul in prayer and tears. He dwelt upon the examples of 
faith in that great army of patriarchs and heroes till he seemed to stand 
among them. After returning on the Sabbath, with its two services, he 
generally held a meeting on Beech Hill, in the evening, and closed the 



46 SKETCHES OF PIETY. 

day in devout family and private worship. Such were our old Sabbaths, 
begun by him an hour earlier than his usual rising for devotional 
purposes. 

He maintained a kind but firm authority in the family as a scriptural 
duty and his children revered while they loved him. Age had no acidity 
for him. Like the patriarch Joseph, children's children climbed upon 
his knees with mutual fondness. He enjoyed pleasantry, if polished and 
sensible, and social life ever found him congenial. His humility was 
prominent in his character. Its opposites were especially odious. A 
friend at table one day began repeating a remark respecting his useful- 
ness in the church, when he quickly beckoned to him to stop. And this 
quality of character he sought to cultivate in his children. 

Of his own religious experience he said little. With such a life it was 
scarcely necessary. It spoke for itself His views of God's perfections 
were so exalted and glorious that his "joy" was sometimes too "full" 
for suppression. One day he was plowing, and the passage came to him 
with great power, " Break up your fallow ground." Such a view of the 
sinfulness of his own heart was opened to him as to overwhelm him and 
oblige him to leave his team and pour out his soul before God in stroug 
crying and tears, where he found relief At another time when he was 
laying stone wall, the words, " The stone which the builders rejected," 
brought to him such a view of Christ as to be unutterable and full of 
glory. He knew what the Saviour meant when saying, " I will manifest 
myself to him "; " he walked with God." 

I never knew him leave home for a journey in the middle of the day 
without calling his family together for prayer. I never knew him repeat 
an injurious report of any one, and he so instructed his children. His 
practice was to go first to the accused. When we had company, the 
occasion was usually closed with prayer. He seldom went where young 
people were without speaking to them about the salvation of their souls. 
And often when passing them in the road he would do the same. 

He had ten children. One died in infancy, and one at sixteen years ot 
age. The others all lived to be heads of families, — one excepted, — and 
all united with Congregational churches, six with the church in Campton 
and two elsewhere. That all his children, as he hoped, had given their 
hearts to the Saviour, was regarded by him as the dearest blessing of a 
covenant-keeping God. 

His integrity and profound regard for justice are seen in an incident. 
He was chosen as a referee in a case between two neighbors. After 
hearing all the evidence, the other referees at once gave their decision; 
but although the case was plain, he must wait till anotber day, for he 
might be wrong, and wished time for reflection, and no doubt for prayer. 
No one, it is presumed, ever complained of him for not fulfilling every 
promise which he made. With him it was religion. 

The eminent piety of Mr. Bartlett was nowhere more apparent than as 
a member and ofiicer of the church. He was a pillar. Religion was very 



SKETCHES OF PIETY. 47 

low in Plymouth for many years; its vitality seemed to flicker faintly in 
all but a few hearts. Rev. Jno. Ward preached the gospel faithfully, but 
he had very little co-operation, and death reigned. In all these long, 
dark years Deacon Bartlett stood by him as a brother in symjiathy and in 
labor. He was never of robust health, and in his later years he could not 
bear hard, constant labor. His voice also fjxiled, so that for many years 
he could speak only in whisper; but his articulation was so distinct that 
he could be heard. The prayer-meeting rarely found him absent, or itself 
without vitality when he was there. And he spent much time in visiting 
from house to house, urging immediate attention to the soul's salvation, 
and praying with the families. After long years of " sowing in tears," 
the harvest came. The town was shaken to the bottom, a large number 
were converted, and he was permitted to see the church and Society 
generally enter upon a new life. His labors, with those of his beloved 
pastor, had been abundantly blessed, even beyond their faith. His own 
spiritual life rose still higher, and 

" Bright rays of setting lustre 
Shone on his evening hours." 

His final sickness was brief and tranquil. He could say little, and little 
remained to be said. He quieted the solicitude of his flimily by assuring 
them of God's constant care. But he distinctly expressed his triumphant 
faith by repeating the whole passage, " I am persuaded that neither 
death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things 
present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other crea- 
ture, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ 
Jesus our Lord.'' And so he entered into the joy of his Lord. It was 
not death. He only slept — rested. No death-scenes were there. He 
never looked more lovely than in the cofBn. The beauty of holiness 
adorned it, and fragrance from the upper Eden embalmed the precious 
form. Such a death, so " precious in the sight of the Lord," could only be 
sweetly glorious to Christian atTection. The funeral theme by Rev. Mr. 
Punchard was, " My father, my father! the chariot of Israel and the 
horsemen thereof." He, with our faithful mother, rest together in your 
cemetery till the mortal puts on the immortal. 

But to his precious memory we offer this tribute of affection, and ven- 
ture to present to that old beloved church this example of Christian 
character gathered from the first half of the first century to inspire and 
to enrich the second. Those valleys and hills were baptized in their 
infancy by the Holy Spirit, and the consecration has been repeated again 
and again down the ages of its history. The fathers and mothers, though 
dead, yet speak, and in example live. Their monuments testify to the 
grace of God in Jesus Christ, and to the inheritance they secured by 
covenant for "thousands of generations" "to such as keep his com- 
mandments to do them." 



48 OTHER SKETCHES. 



OTHER SKETCHES. 

The later Scriptures dwell with great delight upon the grace of God in 
the piety of preceding ages. Well indeed if the inspired example were 
better followed, " telling it to children's children, that they may put their 
hope in God." The Holy Spirit has dwelt in these beautiful valleys and 
on these hillsides from the first settlement of the town. There was Miss 
Sally Chapin, only child of Rev. Mr. Chapiu, pastor of the church. She 
was a cripple, but taught school every summer, and was my first teacher. 
She was humble and devoted, and her faithful labors and prayers for her 
scholars left impressions which no time can efface. She read the Bible, 
talked so earnestly and lovingly to us, and prayed so tenderly and de- 
voutly, that impressions were made which are verdant still. Many little 
children, as well as older scholars, were led by her to Christ and his 
service. I have never seen a better example of usefulness by a devoted 
young woman in school. That was seventy years ago, and " her works 
do follow her " still. I know of eight who were impressed first by her 
efforts, and have lived Christian lives. 

Another intelligent, praying woman was Mrs. Fletcher, sister of the 
late Major Pulsifer. She was a model of good sense and of devout piety, 
and many received great assistance from her prayers and counsels, es- 
pecially during the great revival. She had a large family of children, 
and all were saved, it is believed, by her endeavors. So sure is God's 
covenant. 

There was Miss Betsey Palmer, a humble, praying woman, fifty-five 
years ago. I remember well how constant she was in the choir, singing 
so devoutly her counter with feeble voice. The Saviour was with her. 

Miss Pearsons, a young lady from Haverhill, N. H., resided some time 
in Campton, and taught our school. She brought the Holy Spirit with 
her. All loved her, especially her scholars, many of whom were led to 
the Saviour by her gentle hand. I well remember how her pale lips 
trembled in anxious prayer for her scholars, while she knelt in school. 
She died not long after; but the sheaves from her sowing are not all 
gathered yet. 

Dr. Morrison, " the beloved physician," settled here soon after the 
great revival, and from a similar one in Hanover. He was eminently 
useful in elevating the Christian character, especially the young people. 
He was a good singer, and did much to impart to it culture and devotion. 
That old Music Society owes much of its origin to him. But death soon 
gave him a part in the " new song," and many a tear has been shed upon 
his grave. 

There was Deacon David Bartlett, who stood as a central pillar in that 
church for half the century you review. He stood firmly when darkness 
and difficulties hung over it. When its pastor forsook its faith and led 
away all he could, he, with Deacon Burbeck, Deacon Wyatt, and a few 



LETTER FROM REV. AND MRS. AUSTIN WILLET. 49 

others, held the ark steadily and carried it forward. They were able 
men in the Scriptures, — better theologians than are always found in the 
pulpit. They were men of thought and intelligence, and more than all, 
men of prayer and steady, active piety, for many years they had no 
minister, and these men sustained the regular worship with ability and 
spiritual effect. Meetings were about as large as when there was a min- 
ister. A sermon was read by some good reader, — Jacob Gidding was 
the best, — a sermon by one of the old masters, instructive, pungent, and 
powerful, very different from popular pulpit essays of the present. 1 
remember, when a child, the prayers of these men, and others who took 
part with them. They were solemn and earnest for men who were " lost" 
— " dead " — and must be aroused and saved quickly, or die forever. 
And their hymns had the same tone. Deacon Burbeck's favorite was, 
"And are we wretches yet alive?" How often he read thati So, also, 
" Is this the kind return." They were not perfect, but their stable, con- 
sistent lives gave influence to the religion they maintained. Such were 
some of the men and women who gave vitality and strength to that 
church in the past; to whose prayers the Holy Ghost witnessed won- 
drously, and by whom it has been handed down to you, baptized for 
another century. Their graves will be increasingly precious, and " their 
memorial shall endure throughout all generations." Who are to be their 
successors in the opening century? If, as in the past, that is to be a 
missionary church still, may it gladly accept the honor; increase and 
train its missionary emigrants for Christ's service, and never forget them 
in your prayers, nor let them forget you. Allow me affectionately to 
suggest this as one measure to begin with : Not satisfied with the past, 
embrace the entire town not elsewhere connected, old and young; visit 
every family and person, to save and enlist them for Christ, allowing no 
doubt but God's Spirit will go with you. 



LETTER FROM REV. AND MRS. AUSTIN WILLEY. 

NORTHFIELD, MlNN., Sept. 18, 1874. 

To THE Committee of the Congregational Church in Campton: 
Dear Brethren, — Your card of invitation to attend your centennial is 
received, awakening a throng of old recollections and affections, as of a 
mother. Most gladly would we share personally with you the rich occa- 
sion before you, but that privilege we cannot have. But we will still be 
there, in sympathy, in affection, in thanksgiving and confession, in 
prayer, and renewed consecration and hope. We will again mingle in 
your songs of praise and supplication; and we ask you to include us in 
the footing-up of " the children which God has given you " in the century 
you review. And let us contribute to the recollections of piety which 
you will bring to remembrance the sketch of our devoted parent, which 
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50 LETTER FROM REV. G. I. BARD. 

we send you. May the grace of God be more richly yours in the future 
than in the past, and enable that chui-ch to show at the end of the cen- 
tury a still higher record of its usefulness than in the past. All things 
are ready; and we ask that you, as a church, do not forget your children, 
however scattered, while we will never forget you. 

Yours in Christian affection, 

A. WILLEY. 

JUDITH B. WILLEY. 
Rev. Q. Blakelt and others. 



LETTER FROM SYLVESTER MARSH. 

Littleton, Oct. 19, 1874. 
Rey. Quinct Blakelt and others of Centennial Committee : 
Gentlemen, — I had intended being with you to-morrow, but unforeseen 
circumstances will prevent. It will be an occasion of great interest, in 
which I should participate with all my heart. Let us remember that the 
fathers who established the church are in the midst of realities upon 
which we shall have entered long before another centennial shall roll 
around. 

Yours in faith and hope, 

SYLVESTER MARSH. 



LETTER FROM REV. G. I. BARD, OF MEREDITH VILLAGE, N.H. 

East Boston, 17 October, 1874. 
C. M. Bartlett: 

Dear Brother, — I regret very much that sickness and the need of 
recruiting have taken me so far away at the time of your centennial 
celebration. It would give me great pleasure to be with you and par- 
ticipate in exercises commemorative of the birth of a church older than 
the government under which we live, — a church which has been per- 
mitted to live and prosper and work during the lapse of a century full of 
such great events. In our earlier history the Congregational Church in 
New England was called the ^^ Standing Order.^^ I exult in the record 
of standing during all these years. In a work entitled, " First Century 
of National Existence," I find it asserted that our order, during the last 
quarter of a century, has risen up to new life, and that during the war of 
the Rebellion it showed itself efficient in its work in the great West. I 
feel confident of the truth that the very existence of our government 
to-day is due largely to the vigor of our order in the States of the great 
West and Northwest. I find that in our very earliest history a few 
churches were planted in the South. We have a great work to do in that 
region. Let it be understood that Congregational churches for the South 
is the best reconstruction of the South. If anything means liberty it is 



LETTER FROM MRS. BENJ. P. STONE. 51 

Congregationalis.a. We have much to do in the century to come. Let 
us hold ourselves open to all light, and forward and foremost in all 
progress. Max Muller sa3-s, "A religion that does not groio is decuV 
But we shall never outgrow Jesus Christ, our head, and those great truths 
which you have been sustaining: only let us keep in line with all the 
progress of events; let us advance to all the duties of the hour. I have 
lived long enough near by you to know the great worth and influence of 
your church under its past and present leadership. I join my prayers 
and praises with you on your anniversary day. With great regret, I can- 
not be with you, 

I am yours in brotherly love, 

G. L BARD. 



LETTER FROM REV. DANIEL PULSIFER. 

Dakbury, July 16, 1874. 
Deacon Brown: 

Dear Sir, — Yours of the 6th inst. has been received, and I feel pleased 
that the church in Campton think to celebrate the one hundredth anni- 
versary of its existence. I do hope that it will prove a good season; that 
the Holy Spirit will be shed down upon you like " rain upon the mown 
grass"; and that the time for another similar meeting will not arrive ere 
the voice of a great multitude shall be heard " saying, Alleluia! for the 
Lord God Omnipotent reigneth." It is not very probable that I shall be 
able to attend the meeting, though I should like to very much; for the 
state of my health is such that it is quite uncertain whether I ever visit 
Campton again. . . . Please tender my Christian affection to the mem- 
bers of the church, especially to the older oues, with whom I used to be 
acquainted, and ask them to remember me in their prayers, infirm and 
unworthy as I am, that by the grace of God I may be fitted to enjoy 
God's love in heaven; and there, with all the redeemed from among men, 
to celebrate His praise forever and ever. Oh, for Christ's sake, may God 
grant it to us all. ... I would say to all the members of the church that 
it is the prayer of your unworthy brother, "'The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ be with you all," 

Yours affectionately, 

DANIEL PULSIFER. 



LETTER FROM MRS. BENJ. P. STONE, RYE BEACH. 

The memories of that dear old parsonage at Campton come to me like 
the pleasant sunset glintings upon these rugged rocks of the sea-shore, 
where I am now resting. A thousand deliglitful incidents loom up in 
tender beauty through the haze of those fur-gone years. If ever there 
was a God-honored parish, Campton was it. Men of bone and sinew 
were its founders; and the love of truth, eternal truth, planted their 
homesteads. There the sons and daughters grew up a God-fearing race, 



52 LETTER FROM REV. CHARLES SHEDD. 

and peace and competence were their portion. No one who ever took his 
stand at the door of the old church, forty years ago, could doubt their 
love of the worship of the sanctuary. Whole double wagon-loads of peo- 
ple drove up, and with such glad, cheery faces as told you, '' This is our 
Holy Day." Little children, in no small number, were of the assembly; 
for all those men of God and those mothers in Israel believed that 
" Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children," and they trained those 
children to come forward to the work. 

This it is which has kept Campton church from becoming feeble. The 
spirit of self-denial has been drawn in with mother's milk; and thus, 
while many another church of quite as much wealth has called for assist- 
ance, they have nobly borne their own burdens. 

Few parishes have cared better for their pastors. What they promised 
they promptly paid; and then, besides, they never forgot their minister's 
family, when, from time to time, any special rarity came to their sharing. 
One of the pleasant fruits of this early and continued Christian living 
is seen in the fact that the old homesteads are not forsaken to the extent 
so sadly realized in most of our rural towns. Good, strong, earnest 
young men are found there, ready to put their shoulder to the wheel, 
and looking not so much for earthly gains as to the approval of con- 
science and to the fulfilment of the work assigned them, knowing that 
in the infinite future it shall come about in many a case that " the last 
shall be first and the first last." 



LETTER FROM REV- CHARLES SHEDD. 

Waseca, Mlnn., Sept. 8, 1874. 

To THE Church of Christ in Campton, N. H. : 

Brethren Beloved, — It would give me great pleasure to be with you in 
person, according to your invitation, and take part with you in your cen- 
tennial celebration. I regret that I cannot do so. I find the infirmities 
of age growing upon me, and deterring me from undertaking so long a 
journey. I shall, if my life is spared to the 20th proximo, see the last 
day of my seventy-second year. Then it will be very suitable for me to 
be with you in spirit, and with you to review the past. Trusting that the 
occasion will be one of great spiritual benefit to you, I present to you, 
through this letter, my cordial salutations, congratulations, and good 
wishes. The history of your church for the one hundred years past is 
the essential history of your place. The history of the church of Christ 
at large, including all its various influences, is the history of all that is 
good and valuable in the world. The Bible contains the history of re- 
demption and not much else. There is nothing worth recording which 
does not grow out of the kingdom of heaven on earth, or that is not 
intimately associated with the work of reforming and saving a lost world. 
The last century is full of great .events, all of such a nature as to convince 



LETTER FROM REV. CHARLES SHEDD. 53 

the most sceptical that the kingdom is coming. I have nothing to say 
against other church organizations. They are doing their great and good 
work. They differ somewhat from ours. They originated under mon- 
archy, and still partake of the characteristics of monarchy. Congrega- 
tionalism draws hoth its outward and inward life from the inspired 
volume, recognizes liberty, equality, and fraternity as essential attributes 
in church and state, was constructed on the Mayflower, lived and acted 
in the New England churches, and gave birth to the system of free gov- 
ernment under which we live. The leaven of the Plymouth colony was 
infused into the increasing population of the surrounding region, setting 
U2^ the school-house as well as the meeting-house, for the maintenance of 
its great principles of equality and freedom, until the opposition of mon- 
archy was brought to bear in the strvxggle of the Revolution. The resist- 
ance on our part to the oppression of the mother-country was the result 
of the moral power of the Congregational churches. That great Revolu- 
tion, giving rise to so many other similar ones in different parts of the 
world, occurred at the commencement of the century which you now 
review. Your own Christian fathers saw that sanguinary event and took 
part in it. Then the opposition of monarchy being overcome, the repub- 
lican bud blossoms out into the general government ; the little germ 
becomes a tree, which expands itself over a wide domain, under whose 
branches the nation hoped to rest in peace. But there was a worm at 
the root which marred the beauty of the tree and threatened its entire 
destruction. That worm was slavery, and Slavery began the conflict. 
Then in the North, Freedom arose in her might to assert and maintain 
her rights. Freedom prevails and Slavery dies, but with it many of our 
dear ones who had else been here to-day, fell a sacrifice. My first-bora 
found a grave in southern soil. Many of your sons, likewise, some of 
whom I accounted my children in the gospel, shared a similar fate. Do 
you wonder that I can sympathize with you to-day during this rehearsal 
of our common experience? But we are alike comforted with the thought 
that the leaven of righteousness, under Providence, was working ofl' the 
scum of ungodliness in the nation. It was the result of the operation of 
that truth of which the church is the pillar and ground. But freedom, 
though associated with the very existence of our church organization, is 
not confined to our own land. It passes over the seas. The nations are 
in commotion; they behold the wonders wrought here, and they ask for 
similar forms of government and privileges with us. All these things 
have taken place within the limits of this century, and yet much more. 
There are currents in the ocean, which though less conspicuous than the 
rolling of the waves and the ebbing and flowing of the tides, are not less 
beneficial and useful. I refer to the great reformatory, humanizing, and 
saving efforts which have had their origin in our churches during the 
last half or three quarters of the century, and which diftuse the gospel 
life and spirit of our churches to the utmost bounds. I need hardly name 
the Bible Society, the Missionary Societies, foreign and domestic; the 



54 LETTER FROM REV. S. H. WILLEY, D. D. 

Seamen's cause, the Tract, Temperance, Education, and Sabbath School 
causes, with others too numerous to mention. These are working more 
than literal miracles. Christ recognizes the spiritual works of his peo- 
ple as greater than his own literal ones. These causes are dear to you. 
They have called for your aid, and you have always responded. 

Again, I will just refer to those revival scenes which have occurred 
within the recollection of some now present; those new creations, those 
resurrections from tieath in sin to newness of life, which brought salva- 
tion to yourselves and others, waked up the joys of heaven on earth, 
and glorified the King of kings. You prayed for them; you labored for 
them; you rejoiced in them; you were edified by them; you can never 
forget them; they will pass in review to-day, as the spiritual birthdays 
of the fathers and the children, and the glory of your Zion. But the 
limits of a letter must limit the flow of my thoughts and feelings. This is 
a solemn occasion. This day closes the century of your church's being 
and histoiy. Old in years, as we reckon human life, but yet, as we trust, 
only in the beginning of its vigor and usefulness, may she live on with- 
out growing old, till all the centuries of the world shall have passed, and 
till her last members shall be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of 
an eye. But the fathers who founded this church and nourished it in its 
weakness, so as always to render it independent of foreign charity, — 
where now are those worthies? How gladly we would hail them here on 
this occasion! Their immediate successors, too. They rest from their 
labors, and their works do follow them; and ye are witnesses that they 
did not labor in vain. Their very names are precious; you will delight 
to call them to-day, though they cannot answer. 

Brethren and friends, may you profit by this occasion. God willing, 
you will enter to-morrow on the duties and responsibilities of a new 
century. The past is full of wonders. The next, we doubt not, will tell 
more than before of the progress of the kingdom. Begin it with prayer 
to the great Head of the church, and humble consecration to the work 
before you. Then will the Lord God dwell in the midst of you, and make 
your peace as a river and your righteousness as the waves of the sea. In 
a few more years, we who are alive shall meet, pastor and people, on a 
greater occasion than this, and joyfully rehearse all the good way in 
which the Lord hath led his people. Will all this assembly be there? 
And will there be no disappointments on that occasion? 

Yours, in the fellowship of the Gospel, 

CHARLES SHEDD. 



LETTER FROM REV. S. H. WILLEY, D. D. 

First Congkegational Church, Santa Cruz, Cal., Oct. 10, 1874. 

Rev. Quincy Blakely: 

Dear Brother, — It gives me pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of the 
invitation to be present and participate in the celebration of the one hun- 
dredth anniversary of the church in Campton, on the 20th inst. 



LETTER FROM REV. 8. H. WILLET, D. D. 55 

My home is so far away from the old New Hampshire hills that it will 
be impossible for me to be there, but I shall be deeply interested in the 
proceedings. I could not contribute much to the interest of the occasion 
if I were there, nor can I do it by letter; but there are members of my 
family who can, and I hope some of them will be with you. 

I left Campton Avhen a boy of only fourteen years of age. Of course, I 
know the town and the church only as a boy. But the church was a 
good mother to me. The first minister I remember was Kev. Mr. Hale. 
I was a little afraid of him when he was not in the pulpit, but when he 
was there, where I was used to seeing him, I listened to a great deal he 
said. There were some " protracted meetings " in 1831, I think, and a 
good many of us young folks became personally interested in religion. 
We gave up our nonsense on Sunday noons, and went regularly out 
under the pines on the river bank, and held social religious meetings. 
Those meetings were honest and sincere, certainly on the part of many, 
and did much to forecast a Christian life that followed. I think I could 
cross the continent and go to the spot where that prayer-meeting used to 
be held, now. But very few vvho used to attend it could be assembled in 
this world. But some have been good men and good women, and have 
finished their course with joy, — some in the ministry and some in the 
mission field. 

Pretty soon Mr. Hale left; we boys did not know why, and for that 
matter, I don't know why to this day. But he went away, and we young 
folks were in a fair way of becoming wanderers, when Rev. B. P. Stone 
became our pastor. 

I don't think he was a very young man, but he had a young wife, bright, 
cheery, enterprising; skilful in enlisting the interest of "young gentlemen 
and ladies " in their teens, and setting them inquiring what they were 
made for and what was the best thing they could do with themselves. 
So, while her husband studied and preached, she talked, and drew us out, 
set us to reading and directed and even provided that reading; and I 
remember Avhat a new and wonderful world this seemed to me to be. 
Somebody came along preaching about Oberlin and the "far West," and 
what great issues were to be determined there, and how they wanted 
teachers and preachers. An intelligent, Christian interest grew among 
us. Working on the farm or going to school, I wondered what part 1 could 
take in this great kingdom. 

The first step plainly was to profess Christ. That step was taken 
reverently and sincerely, and under thorough instruction from the pastor. 
For myself it was the welcome to the church and at the same time the 
parting, for I went at once away to the academy to fit for college. But 
the spirit of the church, as I remember it, was the spirit of earnest 
Christian devotion and Christian service, The tone of those years was 
an earnest tone. There was breadth to the plans and ideas that I re- 
member hearing talked about. Folks in that little mountain town of a 
little over a thousand inhabitants were planning and giving and praying 



56 LETTER FROM REV. S. H. WILLEY, D. D. 

for the great country towards the setting sun and for the missions in 
foreign lands. And we children grew up with the idea that our lives had 
something material to do with the salvation of the country and the world, 
And now, when the noble old church comes to complete her first century, 
I feel like coming with those, her children, who assemble to bring her a 
crumb of honor. Through her nurture, including in it that of home, 
public worship, Sunday School, prayer-meeting, and missionary concerts, 
we come to have our first ideas of life, its worth and its duties. For one 
I can testify that these ideas have been ever present and controlling. 
Just as I completed my studies and entered the ministry, the acquisition 
of California made it necessary that some one should follow the flag here 
in the service of the gospel. 

It was a remote and then unknown region, with not a school-house or 
a Protestant church or a Protestant minister known to be in it. But 
people were beginning to come, now that it was United States territory, 
though the news of the gold discovery had not got across the continent 
yet. Under the motives then presented, it was the natural consequence 
of the church instructions and influence of my childhood that I should 
come. It was merely following the motives in early manhood, that I 
had felt the full force of, time and again, in the old church in Campton 
in childhood. And now I am reminded just to say that this very year 
we are celebrating here the twenty-fifth anniversary of the beginnings 
of our Christian work of which I have spoken. We number some five 
hundred Protestant churches, and rejoice in an excellent system of public 
education, exceedingly well provided and amply sustained. People came 
for gold and silver, and they got a good deal of both; but they stay 
because they find it a great wheat-growing, wool-producing, grazing, and 
commercial country, with almost every variety of healthful climate in 
which to live. 

So the good old mother church in Campton may have her share of joy 
in her one hundredth year in the celebrations going on at the same time 
on these Pacific shores, commemorating our first quarter century's work. 
If the spirit of revivals should bless us as it has blessed Campton in the 
century past, bringing the intellect, the enterprise, and the wealth into 
the service of the Eedeemer's cause here, even in a similar proportion 
to what it did there, it would be a great power in behalf of the salvation 
of the world. 

Grand old Campton church! With such a history behind her for a 
hundred years, may her usefulness be proportionally greater in all the 
hundred years to come. 

With sentiments of filial love, I am, 

S. H. WILLEY. 



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TOE NUMBERS REFER TO THE CHRONOLOGICAL LIST. 



215 Adams, AlmiraF. 

185 Aikon, Adaline W. 
2U0 Avery, Ezra W. 
201 Avery, Kuih B. 

8 Baker, "William. 

9 Bilker, Sarah B. 

21 B:iker, Moses. 

22 Baker, Deborah D. 
70 Baker, Moses, Jr. 
46 Baker, Molly W. 
65 Baker, William, 3d. 

139 Baker, Mary B. 

152 Baker, Davis. 

153 Baker, Hannah C. 

248 ]?aker, Walter W. 

238 Baker, Elizabeth L. 

249 Bnker, Davis, Jr. 
245 Baker, S'atira S. 

254 Biker, EliliuC. 
376 Baion, Lydia K. 

5 Banhtt, David. 

23 Bartleit, Joanna H. 

186 Bartlett, Eleanor. 
35 Bartlett, Tristram. 

65 Bartlett, Davii, Jr. 

66 Bartlett, Eunice M. 

119 Bartlett, Ebenezer. 

120 Bartlett, Mary H. 

180 Bartlett, Eliza. 
244 Bartlett, Mary. 

352 Bartlett, Armeda E. 

355 B.artlett, Etinice. 

357 Bartlett, Christopher M. 

250 Beach, Thomas P. 

255 Beach, Sarah B. 

58 Belcher, fcjophia M. 

87 BLair, Hannah P. 

181 Blair, William H. 
174 Blair, Lois B. 
196 Blair, Joseph C. 
204 Bluir, Dolly N. 

239 Blair, Martha Ann N. 
381 Blair, Laura A. 

387 Blair, Jennie S. 

6 Blaisdell, Joslah. 
176 Blaisdell, Anna B. 
234 Blaisdell, Mary 8. 
348 Blaisdell I'eletiah C. 

358 Blaisdell. Lois O. 

396 Blaisdell. John M. 

397 Blaisdell, Julia A. 
370 Blakely, Gertrude 3. 

85 Brown, Nehenii;ih. 

86 Brown, LvdiaW. 

98 Brown, Abigail W. 

99 Brown, Amos P. 
118 Brown, Jane L. 
331 Brown, William G. 
305 Brown, Hannah B. 
379 Brown, Joseph Henry. 

3 Burbank, Jonathan. 

4 Burbank, Betsey T. 
115 Burbank, Lucy F. 
236 Burbank, Sarah C. 



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270 

290 

293 

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Burbeck, James. 
Burbeck, Elizabeth R. 
Burbeck, Joseph. 
Burbeck, Anna R. 
Burbeck, Sarah M. 
Burbeck, Cyrus. 
Butler. Sarah P. 
Butler, Abigail P. 

Chandler, John. 
Chandler, Clarissa. 
Chandler, Jane B. 
Chandler, Alpheus. 
Chandler, Joseph. 
Chandler, John, Jr. 
Chandler, Samuel. 
Chapin, Peletiah. 
Chapin, Sarah. 
Chapin. Sally. 
Chase, Rachel. 
Chape, Khoda. 
Chase, Carr. 
Chase, Joanna H. 
Chase, Eliza A. C. 
Church, Persia R. 
Clark, Moses. 
Clark, J(din, Jr. 
Clark, Sarah C. 
Clark, Joseph. 
Clark, Hannah C. 
Clark, Aphia P. 
Clark, John, 4ih. 
Clark, Hepsibah P. 
Clark, H. Louise. 
Coburn. ,\man<laH. 
Coffin, Hannah B. 
Colburn, Mary B. 
Colby, William. 
Colby, ?:8iher C. 
Cole, Ellen A. 
Cone, EUice B. 
Cone, Jennie M. 
Cook, Sarah M. 
Cook, Moses. 
Cook, Betsey B. 
Cook, William. 
Cook, M.iry P. 
Cook, Kdniund. 
Cook, Clarissa M. 
Cook,Cuffin. 
Cook, Rebecca B. 
Cook, Moody. 
Cook, Edmund, 2d. 
Cook, Electa B. 
Cook, Lydia. 
Cook, Moody. Jr. 
Cook, Lucy E. 
Cook, iVariha B. 
Cook, Eidiraim, Jr. 
Cook, Hannah D. 
Cook, Sarah B. 
Cook, William G. 
Cook, Jason. 
Cook, Annette W. 
Cook, Hannah F. 



257 Cook, Zebedee. 

324 Co;k, Clarissa B. 

327 Cook, Hannah. 

329 Cook, Clarissa 8. 

339 Cook, Joseph. 
225 Cook, Sally P. 

340 Cook, Eliza A. 
354 c:ook, Sarah M. 
368 Cook, Eldora B. 
403 Cook, Sarah F. 
320 Cox, Nancy A. 

90 Cummings, Jerusha L. 
287 Cutter, Mary H. 

219 De Forest, Harriet P. 

212 Dole, Harriet C. 

224 Dole, Mary Ann C. 

322 Dole, Moses C. 

323 Dole, Lucy C. 
408 Dole, earah E. 

344 Dole, Erastus. 
328 Dule, Samantha C. 

345 Dole, Phebe. 
394 Dole, Moody C. 
284 Dr.aper, Sally J. 

29 Durgin, Olive T. 

94 Durgin, Susanna F. 

114 Durgin, Ruth B. 

315 Durgin, aarah Ann. 

91 Elliott, Samuel. 

93 Elliott, George W. 

390 Elliott, Elizabeth P. 

389 Evans, Emma F. 

169 Farnham, Isaac. 

170 Farnham, Fanny. 
105 Ferrin, Sarah. 

18 Fletcher, Sarah P. 

341 Flint, Nancy L. 
77 Ford, Joseph. 

69 Ford, Mehitabel K. 

156 Foss, Alviia L. 

300 Foss, George. 

361 Foss, Deborah G. 
.%3 Foss, Martin H. 

362 Foss, Lizzie H. 
410 Foss, George B. 

25 Fox, Isaac. 

33 Fox, Isaac, 2d, 

317 Gale, Hannah P. 

272 George, Moses. 

273 Georiic, Sarah D. 
207 George, Hannah H. 
199 George, Abiitail C. 

79 Oiddings, J cob. 

198 Giddiiigs, Elizabeth P. 

158 Giddings, Mary. 

171 Glines, Jonathan. 

172 Glines, Ehza N. 
306 Goss, Annette B. 
216 Graham, Jane. 

325 Greenough, William J. 



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332 Hadley, Louise C. 

333 Hadley, Louiae J. 
59 Hale, Lydia. 

132 Hale, Jonathan L. 

135 Hale, Fanny H. 
24 Hall, Abigail B. 
17 Hart, Huldah B. 

241 Harwood, Louise C. 
253 Hatch, Catherine C. 
183 Hayes, John P. 

366 Hill, S.imuelC. 

367 Hill, Eliza L. 

346 Hodgdon, Ezekiel H. 

347 Hodgdon, Almira D. 
404 Hodgdon, Harriet A. 

280 Hodg.', John M. 
291 Hodge, William A. 
168 Holmes, Caroline C. 
195 Holmes, Susanna K. 
409 Holmes, Norris. 
208 Homan, Harriet W. 
359 Homan, Jane B. 
104 Houston, Esther W. 
206 Houston, Lydia. 
279 Howe, Elizabeth C. 
269 Howell, Alvira H. 
336 Huntress, Martha B. 

229 Huse, Daniel M. 

230 Huse, Eliza D. 

191 Jackson, Sally C. 

92 Joh upon, William, 

136 Johnson, Hervey. 

137 Johnson, Sarah D. 
164 Johnson, Mary L. 
187 JohnFon, Alice M. 
2S3 Johnson, Susan H. 
401 Johnson, Hester E. 
377 Joslyn, Charles C. 

175 Keniston, Mary B. 

353 Kennedy, Ruhamah A. 

375 Kennedy, Amanda S. 

118 Kimball, John W. 

281 Kimball, Abigail D. 

117 Ladd, James, 

102 Ladd, Charity W. 

106 Ladd, Mary B. 

223 Ladd, Thankful O. 

309 Leuce, Calvin. 

231 Leuce, Sally M. 
76 Little, Lydia B. 

78 Little, Ehenezer, Jr. 

133 Little, Phebe P. 

150 Little, James. 

151 Little, Polly C. 
235 Little, Mary. 

242 Little, Charles. 
252 Little, Sarah C. 
373 Little, Clarissa B. 
382 Little, Frances L. 
369 Liltledeld, Frances J. 

247 Marden, Mark. 

62 Marsh, Edmund. 
44 Miirsh, Eunice C. 

51 Marsh, Thomas. 

52 Marsh, Eliza W. 

63 Marsh, Christopher. 

63 Marsh, Washington. 

64 Marsh, Khodi W. 

232 Marsh, Newton. 

233 M>irsh, Lvdia H. 
356 Marsh, Julia Ann. 

143 Merrill, James. 

144 Merrill, Sarah F. 
260 Merrill, Gardner. 



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177 
178 
243 
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316 
167 
251 
259 
210 
335 
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36 
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113 
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277 
184 
221 
258 
261 
295 
296 
330 
343 
342 
365 
318 
371 

299 

192 

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285 
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337 
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Merrill, Adeline M. 
Mills, Sarah L. 
Mitchell, Pamelia H. 
Moody, Rebecca B. 
Moody, Sarah G. 
Morrison, Robert. 
Morrison, Anna F. 
Morrison, Ebenezer B. 
Morrison, Eliza B. 
Morse, Mehitabel H. 
Moines, Isaac S. 
Moses, Margaret M. 
Moulton, Bessie E. 

Noyes, Joanna B, 
Noyes, Sarah. 
Noyes, Harriet L. 

Orr, Sarah B. 
Osgood, Clara. 

Page, Lucy C. 
Page, Abigail C. 
Page, Caroline M. 
Palmer, Martha T. 
Palmer, Elizabeth. 
Palmer, Eleanor M. 
Palmer, Rebecca P, 
Palmer, Jane B. 
Percival, Harriet. 
Pillsbury, Daniel. 
Pillsbury, Betsey B. 
Pray, Caroline M. 
Pronk, Sarah P. 
Pulsifer, Joseph. 
Pnlsifer, Abigail W. 
Pulsifer, Daniel. 
Pulsifer, Betsey 8. 
Pulsifer, John. 
Pul.xifer, Polly P. 
Pulsifer, Martha L. 
Pulsifer, Caroline. 
Pnlsifer, Abigail. 
Pulsifer, Joseph, Jr. 
PulsifL-r, Elizabeth. 
Pulsifer, Moses. 
Pulsifer, David B. 
Pulsifer, Isabella W. 
Pulsifer, Thomas S. 
Pulsifer, Hannah P. 
Pulsifer, Charles W. 
Pulsifer, Malvina C. 
Pulsifer, Sarah L. 

Reed, Mary E. 
Robertson, Hail. 
Robertson, Eiiza K. 
Rogers, Joshua. 
Rotters, Sarah Jf. 
Rogers, William. 
Rogers, Elizubeth G. 
Rogers, John. 
Itogers, Abigail B, 
Rogers, Leonard. 

Sanborn, Emeline. 
Sanborn, Sally P. 
Sanborn, Hazen. 
Sanborn, Aiin M. 
Sanborn, Jesse A. 
Sanborn, Sarah S. 
Sanborn, Sarah E. 
Sargent, Elizabeth C. 
Shedd, Eli7.;i H. 
Shedd, Henry E. 
Shedd, Caroline L. 
Shedd, M Elizabeth. 
Sliinner, Caroline E. 



307 Smith, Oilman R. 

308 Smith, AdalineH. 
28 Southmayd, Ruth B. 
38 Spenci-r, Statira. 

108 Spencer, Israel. 

109 Spencer, Molly T. 
155 Spencer, Arvilla C. 
262 Spencer, Hannah B. 

265 Spencer, George. 

266 Sperjcer, Sarah B. 

274 Sp.ncer, Jane C. 
319 Stanton, Martha B. 

349 Siickney, Benjamin. 
264 Stickney, Phebe P. 

350 Stickney, liermon C 

351 Htickney, Mary E. 

392 Stickney, William H. 

393 Stickney, Edwin H. 

398 Sti kney, Charles O. 
402 Stickney, Laura A. 
222 Stone, Apphla P. 

47 Taylor, Mary W. 

157 Taylor, Sally C. 

407 Taylor, Oilman R. 

188 Taylor, Polly B. 
298 Taylor, Mary W. 

374 Thornton, S. Frances. 

395 Thornton, Horatio H. 

205 Thurston, Martha M. 

380 Tirrell.M. t,;arrie. 

1 Tupper, Nathaniel. 

2 Tupper, Hannah F. 

391 Wallace, William. 

303 Wallace, Hannah B. 

406 Wallace, George W. 

364 Webber, P^mily B. 

384 Webber, Emily E. 

97 Whitney, Otis. 

34 Whitney, Sarah T. 

326 Whitney, Mary F. 

7 Willey,"Deborah. 

15 Willey, Darius. 

19 Willey, Mary W. 

41 Willey, Abel. 

50 Willey, Miriam. 

56 Willey, Diadate. 

57 Willey, Mary B. 

67 Willey, Isaac, Jr. 

68 WiUev, Leonard. 
83 Willey, Lydia S. 

100 Willey, D irius Jr. 

101 Willey, Mary P. 
138 Willey, Susan R. 
173 Willey, Austin. 

189 Willey, Judith R. 
1S2 Willey, Worcester. 

213 Willey, Selden C. 

275 Willey, Elizabeth D. 
297 Willey, M. Melvina. 

214 Willey, Eraeline. 
237 Willey, Samuel H. 
338 Willey, Charles H. 

399 Willey, Esther E. 

45 Woodbury, Hannah T. 

110 Woodbury, Margaret B, 
220 Woodbury, Lucy. 

54 Woodman, Judith M. 

27 Wooster, David. 

81 Wooster, .John. 

10 Wyatt, Daniel. 

43 Wvatt, Abigail A. 

226 ^Vyatt, George W. 

203 Wyalt, Marha P. 

301 Wyatt, Henry D. 

314 Wyatt, Daniel. 



